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bailedWas good until he started talking about visiting "child whore houses" with friends in Bangkok! I do see he possibly was a very sick individual!
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bailedWas good until he started talking about visiting "child whore houses" with friends in Bangkok! I do see he possibly was a very sick individual!
Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes—with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience.
If you‘re a writer, the assimilation of important experiences almost obliges you to write about them. Writing is how you make the experience your own, how you explore what it means to you, how you come to possess it, and ultimately release it.
For one thing, when we take responsibility for a situation, we also take control of it. We are less frightened and more practical. We are better able to focus on what we can do now to ameliorate the illness, and to assist healing.
Looking forward to the journey! Why don‘t you join us!
Preparing for my week in Norwich 😁 I know that for a lot of people the suitcases would be the other way round, but I tend to over-pack clothes and toiletries!
I‘ve heard there are LOADS of bookshops and charity shops in Norwich and I can‘t wait 💸💸💸
I have to drive ALL THE WAY BACK TO ILLINOIS today before I can open my #summersantagoespostal 📦!! I am so excited. This s is the Best Day Ever! Thanks @BookishMarginalia for organizing. Can't wait to see everyone's posts!
The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance — neither too detached nor too caring — was something few learned.
"You should always tell the truth, because if you tell the truth you make it the other person's problem." Sean Connery
bailedI gave it 4 hours. While the narrator was talented, I do not care for Michael Crichton not do I want to know any more about his life. I leave this audiobook certain that Crichton thought a lot of himself. I think Hollywood ruined him. #ArmchairAudies category complete. This is not the winner.
An hour in to this audiobook. It was never a consideration, but I will not be donating my body to science. Once off the topic of human dissection, my experiences improved. Narrator Lane performs pot smoking admirably. I'll continue listening.
This is my last #ArmchairAudies listen in the Autobiography/Memoir category. I have absolutely no expectations, but the prospect of a nearly 16 hour listen right now is not necessarily appealing. Hoping for a pleasant surprise from Crichton and new to me narrator Christopher Lane.
