"A person who thought he knew everything simply didnâ€™t understand how much there was to know."

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Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.546, Random House Books for Young Readers

Jeanne DuPrau

#Persons Quotes

“I can think of no one more qualified to write about the modern South than Curtis Wilkie”
“Without a commitment to science and rationality in its proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest.”
“With the Cubs, they've gone so long without a World Series championship, they wanted to win every day. I want that too, but I didn't feel comfortable.”
“Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.”
“The writer works in a lonely way.”
“I'm in a body, and when my sleep ends, I'm awake. I don't really understand the... that's not really a choice. I mean unless I chose to stay in bed, but I'd still be awake.”
“When I'm doing a drawing, I'm personifying the place that is empty. A place that is unmarked.”
“If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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