"The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. â€¦ The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'."

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Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.239, Bantam

Daniel Quinn

#Men Quotes #Stories Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.”
“If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.”
“I think what teenagers lack is the belief that they can be unique and extraordinary in life. Make the most of your age because you're not going to be a teenager forever!”
“I don't want to be George Lucas and go back after the fact.”
“My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself.”
“No one knows what to do with you, girlie.”
“I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!”
“Doctors can be replaced by software â€“Â 80% of them can.Â Iâ€™d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.”

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