I used desperately to want to be a brooding hero from literature, but I'm optimistic, healthy and fair-haired. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes brood desperately fair
The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering. Nick Harkaway appallfearhorror Change image and share on social
The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible. Nick Harkaway asceticleadernotion Change image and share on social
The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology. Nick Harkaway aversecultureliterary Change image and share on social
That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. Eric Schneiderman definitionequalfair Change image and share on social
In a pine tree behind me, an eagle waits out the rain, hunched into himself, brooding. Crows squabble, a murder chasing a raven. Seals cruise the lines of fishing nets bobbing in the water, hoping for an easy meal, the tender bellies of salmon. Eden Robinson bellybobbrood share on social
I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me. James Altucher bridgeburncareer share on social