I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

When you see a thing like that, a thing that becomes a newsreel, you begin to feel you are a carrier of some solemn scrap of history.

"We are in control only when we release it completely. We have love because we stop buying and selling who we are. Our need for acceptance disappears when we love ourselves. Then, there is nothing and nobody that we need instead"

On another occasion, he stared at the Sun for as long as he could bear, to determine what effect it would have upon his vision.

Written By Bill Bryson

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