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Oprah Winfrey on how luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity

Quote #243 | Oprah Winfrey | Luck is a matter of preparation (…)

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Oprah Winfrey Over the course of our lives, we get more than one opportunity to accomplish our objectives. What ultimately sets one person apart from another is what they make of these chances.

Isak Dinesen, or Karen Blixen, on why God made the world round

Quote #130 | Isak Dinesen | God made the world round so we would (…)

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) Human beings are queer beings. Their well-documented desire to know more about the future is as ridiculous as their fear of what is to come. This is obviously one of the many mysterious Read more…

Serendipity: A Collection of Short Stories

Synopsis: The Queen: An art history student visits a former Queen in central India with a purpose and his visit turns out to be more than adventurous. The Quilt: Narayana, a heavy machinery operator runs his life on a short budget and wants to make his daughter happy, but can he provide for her? Impostor: Read more…

Book review of Jeffrey Archer's A Quiver Full of Arrows

Book Review: ‘A Quiver Full of Arrows’ by Jeffrey Archer

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jeffrey Howard Archer, the Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, is an English novelist and former politician. He wrote his first book Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less in 1974, as a means to avoid bankruptcy. And, since then, he has written plays, fiction, non-fiction, books for children; he has also served Read more…