"Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world."

-- Louise Rosenblatt

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“For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.”
“I did not feel a particularly strong call to any one subject, but read voraciously and widely and began to find science interesting.”
“Every battle is won before it is fought.”
“Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather make the public good argument, which is not just about innovation or nurturing new companies that will add to the nation's GDP, it's actually about creating a democratic public sphere.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.”
“Let us see what love can do.”
“The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.”

Source : David Weber (2013). “The Honor of the Queen, Second Edition”, p.332, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“My management tells me, Don't be optimistic, because it's the young people's world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you're a classic rocker. I don't know if you're gonna get the play.”

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