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Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed.

  • Elegance is innate...individual...eternal...it stands the test of time!

  • The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious.

  • I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

  • Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

  • Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects.

  • In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

  • The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

  • Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.

  • If you're doing a good job as author, then you get the reader to engage in whatever speculation might be called for. And it's much more meaningful for the reader, if he or she comes up with the questions.

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