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Harlan Coben
Instinct is overrated. Going with gut is the lazy man’s way. It’s an excuse to not think or consider or do the heavy lifting needed in good decision-making.1
Instinct is overrated. Going with gut is the lazy man’s way. It’s an excuse to not think or consider or do the heavy lifting needed in good decision-making.
David Burroughs is living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the [...]
David Burroughs is living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, and Matthew, his much-loved three-year-old son. Until tragedy strikes, [...]
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We pay lip service to a vague greater good, but only when it serves our interest. We don’t really care about others, except when convenient. Don’t believe it? Ask yourself this: How many lives would you trade to save your child or grandchild from being killed?1
We pay lip service to a vague greater good, but only when it serves our interest. We don’t really care about others, except when convenient. Don’t believe it? Ask yourself this: How many lives would you trade to save your child or grandchild from being killed?
[…] we only do the right thing when it doesn’t cost us.1
[…] we only do the right thing when it doesn’t cost us.
As she aged, she realized that the news became more about entertainment - stressful entertainment at that - than enlightenment.1
As she aged, she realized that the news became more about entertainment - stressful entertainment at that - than enlightenment.
[…] she believed that the secret to longevity was a mix of routine and new experiences.2
[…] she believed that the secret to longevity was a mix of routine and new experiences.
When you want to get pregnant, it seems as though everyone else in the world - the worst people, the most undeserving people, the people who don’t even want children - are all getting pregnant. Everyone is getting pregnant but you.1
When you want to get pregnant, it seems as though everyone else in the world - the worst people, the most undeserving people, the people who don’t even want children - are all getting pregnant. Everyone is getting pregnant but you.
I love my father. He was the best father in the world. […] My dad never made me feel like a nuisance or burden. He values his time with me, and I valued my time with him.1
I love my father. He was the best father in the world. […] My dad never made me feel like a nuisance or burden. He values his time with me, and I valued my time with him.
Life is fragile at the best of times. The foundation is always shifting beneath our feet.1
Life is fragile at the best of times. The foundation is always shifting beneath our feet.
We, of course, never appreciate what we have. That’s what they say. But it really isn’t that. It’s just conditioning. We take for granted what we become used to. Human nature.1
We, of course, never appreciate what we have. That’s what they say. But it really isn’t that. It’s just conditioning. We take for granted what we become used to. Human nature.
Do you know that feeling when a dream gets weird- good weird, in this case - and suddenly, right in the middle of your nocturnal voyage, you realize that you may indeed be asleep, dreaming, and you fear you’re going to wake up and do you try desperately to stay asleep, clinging tightly to the images in your head, even as they fade away?1
Do you know that feeling when a dream gets weird- good weird, in this case - and suddenly, right in the middle of your nocturnal voyage, you realize that you may indeed be asleep, dreaming, and you fear you’re going to wake up and do you try desperately to stay asleep, clinging tightly to the images in your head, even as they fade away?
Oh, sure, we may all claim to want better for those less fortunate than ourselves - we may even mean it - but we all want to that without any kind of sacrifice on out of part. This […] was why the rich could seem so awful.1
Oh, sure, we may all claim to want better for those less fortunate than ourselves - we may even mean it - but we all want to that without any kind of sacrifice on out of part. This […] was why the rich could seem so awful.
Eye contract is so overrated. The best liars I know can look you straight in the eye for hours on end.1
Eye contract is so overrated. The best liars I know can look you straight in the eye for hours on end.