195 Quotes

“Think about how backstory fits the tale you're trying to tell... p.195”

“Civilization was a relentless war that man was doomed to lose eventually. - Pg. 195”

“Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.”

“Now constipation was quite a different matter...It would be dreadful for the whole world to know about troubles of that nature. She felt terribly sorry for people who suffered from constipation, and she knew that there were many who did. There were probably enough of them for a political party - with a chance of government perhaps - but what would such a party do if it was in power? Nothing, she imagined. It would try to pass legislation, but would fail." (p, 195)”

“Life is too shortTo travel 195 countries on the round sphereTo meet thousands of celebrities around the globeTo go through 5.5 million Wikipedia articles To read 130 million books across the worldTo greet 7.5 billion people on earthBecause some 29,000 days are very less ‘to experience everything’UNLESS YOU ARE GOD”

“The writer Richard Manning has argued that 'the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command.”