"No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to."

-- Basil W. Maturin

#Community Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams.”
“Accidental stacks considered harmful.”
“A ranch hand, equivalent of the old gaucho, rides after an ostrich, swinging three-thonged and weighted baleadoras. Note how only the toe of the boot is in the stirrup iron. In old times, the gaucho often rode with only the great toe of the bare foot in a metal ring.”
“I welcome every chance I get to interact with fans. I've made some very close friendships amongst fans, and I look forward to seeing them.”
“Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.”
“A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?”
“There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.”
“Simon had drawn three pictures. In the top left corner, like a salutation, was a ghost. The middle had a big sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. The third in place of a signature, was a lightning bolt surrounded by fog. Beside the drawing, someone had scrawled in inch-high letters 10 A.M. Tori snatched it from me and turned it over. "So where's the message?" "Right there." I pointed from picture to picture. "It says: Chloe, I'll be back, Simon.”

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