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  1. Time was the enemy never to be conquered and there were no reserves to help stay the tide.

    p. 132

  2. You get paranoid in this business. But maybe paranoids get that way because of all the people out to get them.

    p. 64

  3. The only thing that comes easy is trouble.

    p. 79

  4. There is no way to get your health back. You live on memories of what was and fantasies about what might have been. Both can be deadly to the man who loses sight of the demarcation between them and reality.

    p. 34

  5. But somewhere along the way he had made up his mind and set it in concrete. Changed circumstances would not budge him.

    p. 60

  6. And I love what money does to you humans. It’s the only thing that saves you from being totally tedious.

    p. 42

  7. Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

    p. 51

  8. We've all heard it: vegans are cool and plant-based dining is hot. What other diet can promise to keep you trim without working at it, clear clogged arteries, save the lives of animals, and do more to stem climate change than driving a Prius—or not driving at all?

  9. You never know what a man—or a woman—has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.

  10. 98 percent of the animals raised for food suffer horrifically on factory farms before being slaughtered. Every time you eat a vegan meal, you're voting for something different.

  11. There are as many ways to eat a vegan diet as there are people who discover it. Just about any way you do it, provided you focus on unprocessed foods, include vitamin B12, and make a few adjustments for your individual needs and preferences, can be viable and health-promoting.

  12. If you hear yourself saying “I could never give up ice cream” (or something else), realize that you may just be short on vegucation. There are lots of rich, luscious nondairy ice creams on the market … If you have the necessary information and you're still saying “I could never give up...,” listen to yourself. You're affirming weakness. … You're bigger than that. You can eat plants and save lives. You can give your life exponentially more meaning by living in a way that decreases suffering just because you got up and chose a kind breakfast.