"If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything."

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Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.209, Vintage

Will Schwalbe

“Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation.”
“I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.”
“Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly.”
“Nobody ever inferred from the multiple infirmities of Windows that Bill Gates was infinitely benevolent, omniscient, and able to fix everything.”

Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.118, Oxford University Press
“This is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You think God made a mistake, take it up with Him.”
“The problem of life is to change worry into thinking and anxiety into creative action.”
“Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.”
“My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.”

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