"First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money."

-- Jack L. Chalker

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“Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.”
“Well, you can do whatever you want, but just donâ€™t call it inequality. Put the word poverty there. Because we have many rich people on our board, and when they see the word poverty that makes them feel good, because [it means] theyâ€™re really nice people who care about the poor. When they see the word inequality it makes them upset, because [it means] you want to take money from them.”
“I saw people rise out of poverty right in front of me. ... It made me believe that the market was the most powerful tool for change that we could hope to have.”
“You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until people die to grieve for them; you'll give them their grief while they are still alive, for then judgment falls away, and there remains only the miracle of being.”

Source : Rana Dasgupta (2011). “Solo”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.”

Source : "Laugh Off: The Comedy Showdown Between Real Life and the Pros". Book by Bob Fenster, 2005.
“When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!”
“Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion”
“Before I was famous, I already was the person that attracted and dealt with a lot of weirdos.”

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