"Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000."

-- Anthony Burgess

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“With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.”
“Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.”
“Everything is important- that success is in the details.”
“I have some questions about betrayal,â€ I said. â€œThink about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans with you, goes off with a beautiful woman, saying heâ€™ll be back directly, then makes you wait half an hour because heâ€™s kissing the woman in the alley. Is that betrayal?â€ â€œOh, Lord.â€ Eldric tossed back his wine.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.161, Penguin
“Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.”
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano EyjafjallajÃ¶kull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!”
“The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.”
“I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered. Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied.”

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