"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you."

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Source : Peter S. Beagle (2003). “A fine and private place: The last unicorn”

Peter S. Beagle

“There's a Marvel superhero called Black Bolt & his real name is Blackagar Boltagon & that really tells you a lot about superhero comics.”
“Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can feel immortal for a few hours.”

Source : Colman McCarthy (1977). “The pleasures of the game: the theory free guide to golf”
“Whenever I ravel I seek the benefits of this great profession of chiropractic”
“From the point of view of the employer, it is in any case simply an item of cost, to be reduced to a minimum if it cannot be eliminated altogether, say, by automation. From the point of view of the workman, it is a "disutility"; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice.”
“Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.”

Source : Sir John Denham (1709). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.114
“Jackie [Kennedy] wore one of my dresses â€“ it was made from kitchen curtain material â€“ and people went crazy.”
“every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. and, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. it really is the most poetic thing i know about physics: you are all stardust.”

Source : YouTube Channel "Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science"/"'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009", www.youtube.com. October 21, 2009.
“One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.”

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