"the more humdrum aspects of life do not make for gripping reading. To render them compelling, a writer must describe the universal in eloquent and evocative prose. Alas, Frey's writing suggests that this was not an option, and he came up with something else."

-- Anna Quindlen

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“For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have learned how to enjoy the minute particulars of life once again, the grace of a hot cup of coffee, the presence of a friend, the blessing of having a new cake of soap or an hour without pain. Such humble experience is the stuff that many of the very best stories are made of. If we think we have no stories it is because we have not paid enough attention to our lives. Most of us live lives that are far richer and more meaningful than we appreciate.”
“The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now.”
“If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.”
“A people always ends by resembling its shadow.”
“Don't confuse brains with a bull market.”
“It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.”

Source : Bob Burg (1994). “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.”

Source : Alex Flinn (2014). “Three Beastly Kendra Chronicles: Beastly, Lindy's Diary, Bewitching”, p.50, Harper Collins
“Grass is the least rewarding of all status symbols... The grass does nothing but drink money, exhaust energies, crush spirits, destroy sleep, create tensions and interfere with the watching of baseball games, and sprout insolent signs ordering humans to keep off it.”

Source : Russell Baker (1965). “All Things Considered”

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