"I protest against the use of infinite magnitude ..., which is never permissible in mathematics."

-- Carl Friedrich Gauss

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“Change works most effectively when started from the inside”
“Now I can do the bolts," she slurred. "I've been trying to focus enough magic all week." The magic shifted and swirled, finally etching a picture in the air. It was a rough picture of Foaly, and he was laughing. I hate you, centaur!" screamed Opal, lunging toward, and then through, the insubstantial image. Her eyes rolled back into her head, and then she collapsed, snoring, on the floor. Artemis straightened his tie. Freud, he was certain, would have a field day with that.”
“I looked at him like he was an idiot, but he didnâ€™t notice. Or maybe he got it so often, he thought that was how people looked at him.”
“But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by himself. The person ultimately appointed must be object of his preference, though perhaps not in the first degree. It is also not very probable that his nomination would often be overruled.”
“When we come upon assurances that a mystery has been solved, we go on investigating.”

Source : Charles Fort (2014). “Lo!”, p.85, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God's worship.”
“Fans always ask me to marry them so I'll have a lot of wives”
“I think it's very realistic to think we could provide additional protection for renters because for many people - renting is now the only option. It is also entirely necessary if we are to protect Londoners from rapidly rising rents.”

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