Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
- Author
- Robert M. Pirsig
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place
- London
- Year
- 1991
- ISBN
- 978-0-09-978640-5
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Quotations (link to another page)
Chapter 1 “in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission” (link to another page)
“The real cycle you’re working on is a cycle called yourself.” (link to another page)
References and asides (link to another page)
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