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no choices Quotes
Six of the best book quotes about no choices
01
“Of the people who live lonely lives, on the veld or elsewhere, few do so of their own free choice.”
Percy Fitzpatrick
author
Jock of the Bushveld
book
Narrator (Jock of the Bushveld)
character
lonely
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no choices
concepts
02
“We default to truth—even when that decision carries terrible risks—because we have no choice.”
Malcolm Gladwell
author
Talking to Strangers
book
truth
ᐧ
risk
ᐧ
default
ᐧ
no choices
concepts
03
“Men have choices that women don’t.”
Min Jin Lee
author
Pachinko
book
Hoonie's Mother
character
choices
ᐧ
men
ᐧ
women
ᐧ
no choices
concepts
04
“My name is Peak. Yeah, I know: weird name. But you don’t get to pick your name or your parents.”
Roland Smith
author
Peak
book
Peak Marcello
character
names
ᐧ
weird
ᐧ
no choices
concepts
05
″‘I want to go to art school and learn commercial art, but Dad wants me to be a barrister.’ ‘That’s like me,’ put in Jeremy. ‘I want to study music, but I’ve got to go into father’s office.‘”
Pamela Brown
author
The Swish of the Curtain
book
Jeremy Darwin
ᐧ
Nigel Halford
characters
music
ᐧ
art
ᐧ
duty
ᐧ
to want
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no choices
concepts
06
“As a doctor I had no choice. As a philosopher I had too many.”
Hannibal Barca
person
choices
ᐧ
doctors
ᐧ
philosophers
ᐧ
too many
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no choices
concepts
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lonely
Narrator (Jock of the Bushveld)
truth
risk
default
choices
men
women
Hoonie's Mother
names
weird
Peak Marcello
music
art
duty
to want
Jeremy Darwin
Nigel Halford
doctors
philosophers
too many
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