"A big silvery janitor. Penny, this canâ€™t be how the universe works.â€ â€œIn the Order we call it â€˜inverse profundity.â€™ Weâ€™ve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets."

-- Lev Grossman

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“It's better to say goodbye, to move on, to end the lie.”
“The crocodile must want to be a crocodile for reasons of the crocodile”
“I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.”
“Maybe some guys were looking at that ranking a little bit too seriously.”
“I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly.”

Source : Teju Cole (2016). “Known and Strange Things”, p.240, Faber & Faber
“What is the point of having free speech if you have nothing to say?”
“To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.”

Source : Mircea Eliade (1959). “The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion”, p.23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The act of being an entrepreneur is a theological act: it is a belief that God has given you the tools to go out, make money and take care of your family.”

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