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""Do the research" is a good story too - a "take" on conspiracy theory stuff and very Stranger Times 😀 (was on a podcast tho)" — Aug 15, 2025 09:14AM
""Do the research" is a good story too - a "take" on conspiracy theory stuff and very Stranger Times 😀 (was on a podcast tho)" — Aug 15, 2025 09:14AM


“According to an old sailing proverb, below latitude 40° south there is no law, and below 50° south, no God.”
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

“Books are not meant to remain in your mind, but in your heart. Maybe they exist in your mind too, but as something more than memories. At a crossroads in life, a forgotten sentence or a story from years ago can come back to offer an invisible hand and guide you to a decision. Personally, I feel like the books I've read led me to make the choices I've made in life. While I may not remember all the details, the stories continue to exert a quiet influence on me.”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on the grocery shelf only days after the fish was pulled from the water thousands of mi,es away. Prices that low and efficiencies that tight come with hidden costs, and it is the manning agencies that help in the hiding.”
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

“Always better to be a bastard than a fool”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire

“The boy's death turned me into a person marked by war: it was the Sarajevo equivalent of a campaign medal, although not one to wear with pride.”
― War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
― War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

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