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  1. Marshall McLuhan _ The Mechanical Bride: Folklore

    The formula for this brand of "historical" writing is to put the public on the inside; to let them feel the palpitations of royal and imperial lovers and to overhear their lispings and cooings. It can be argued that a man has to live somewhere, and that if his own time is so cut up by rapid change that he can't find a cranny big enough to relax in, then he must betake himself to the past. That is certainly one motive in the production of historical romance, from Sir Walter Scott to Thornton Wilder. But mainly this formula works as a means of flattery. The public is not only invited inside but encouraged to believe that there is nothing inside that differs from its own thoughts and feelings. This reassurance is provided by endowing historical figures with the sloppiest possible minds. The great are "humanized" by being trivial.The debunking school began by making the great appear as corrupt, or mean and egotistical. The "humanizers" have merely carried on to make them idiotic. "Democratic" vanity has reached such proportions that it cannot accept as human anything above the level of cretinous confusion of mind of the type popularized by Hemingway's heroes. Just as the new star must be made to appear successful by reason of some freak of fortune, so the great, past or present, must be made to seem so because of the most ordinary qualities, to which fortune adds an unearned trick or idea."
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  2. Alain de Botton _ The Pleasures and Sorrows of

    The challenge lies in knowing how to bring this sort of day to a close. His mind has been wound to a pitch of concentration by the interactions of the office. Now there are only silence and the flashing of the unset clock on the microwave. He feels as if he had been playing a computer game which remorselessly tested his reflexes, only to have its plug suddenly pulled from the wall. He is impatient and restless, but simultaneously exhausted and fragile. He is in no state to engage with anything significant. It is of course impossible to read, for a sincere book would demand not only time, but also a clear emotional lawn around the text in which associations and anxieties could emerge and be disentangled. He will perhaps only ever do one thing well in his life.For this particular combination of tiredness and nervous energy, the sole workable solution is wine. Office civilisation could not be feasible without the hard take-offs and landings effected by coffee and alcohol.
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  3. Gustave Flaubert _ A Simple Heart

    On days when it was too hot, they did not leave their room. The dazzling brilliance from outside plastered bars of light between the slats of the blinds. Not a sound in the village. Down below, on the sidewalk, no one. This spreading silence increased the tranquility of things. In the distance, the caulkers' hammers tamped the hulls, and a heavy breeze brought the smell of tar.
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  4. Elizabeth Newton _ Moon Man

    Reading relaxes me.
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  5. Paulo Coelho _ Warrior of the Light

    The Warrior knows that no man is an island.He cannot fight alone; whatever his plan, he depends on other people. He needs to discuss his strategy, to ask for help, and, in moments of relaxation, to have someone with whom he can sit by the fire, someone he can regale with tales of battle.
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  6. Paulo Coelho _ The Pilgrimage

    It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life."
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  7. Ian Fleming _ Goldfinger

    ...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.
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  8. Nicholas Sparks _ The Choice

    Like Jesus said 'blessed are the lazy who lie on boats, for they shall inherit a suntan
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  9. Jane Smiley _ A Thousand Acres

    She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows how to relax in her own house.' And then she would shake her head, as if Elizabeth had remarkable powers.
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  10. Robert A. Caro _ Master of the Senate

    Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: "It would kill him if he relaxed.
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  11. Simone Elkeles _ Return to Paradise

    Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.
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  12. James Joyce _ Dubliners

    The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
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