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The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure QUOTES

The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure QUOTES

1 " The one who is not dead still has a chance. "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure

2 " he thinks there are only three important things in life: ‘The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure

3 " These are my confessions, and if in them I say nothing, it is because I have nothing to say. "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure

4 " The Dead were no better than us – they made mistakes, behaved badly, lost the plot, lost hope, treated each other cruelly – and, as we have seen, they certainly cannot be said to have had better lives. Ultimately, though, whatever they started with, and however badly it sometimes ended, all of our distinguished Dead did something that made a difference – and they did it by making something of themselves. "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure

5 " The number of Homo sapiens sapiens that have ever lived, fought, loved, fussed pottered and finally died over the last 100,000 years is around ninety billion. "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure

6 " everyone alive on the planet today is related both to Confucius (551–479 BC) and to Nefertiti (1370–1330 BC). So "

― John Lloyd , The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure