"What is reality? An icicle forming in fire."

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Dogen

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“It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.”
“Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over her. "Dear child," came a strangely familiar voice. "Don't 'dear child' me!" she snapped. The twenty-two-year-old punk rocker ran black-polished fingernails through black-and-orange-dyed hair, which did nothing to soothe the pounding behind her black-shaded eyes. "Give me my croissant or I'llâ€“" It was then that she suddenly realized she was threatening the venerable Alistair Oh. "Alistair, what are you doing here?”

Source : Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.52, Scholastic Inc.
“What, after all, is mathematics but the poetry of the mind, and what is poetry but the mathematics of the heart?”
“I think people like watching edgy things.”
“And they all have pretty chilrden, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in bozes And they come out all the same. - Malvina Reynolds”
“I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.”

Source : Interview with Bevy Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 26, 2008.
“A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.”
“[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is meaningful, but the artist can provide you with a cold glass of water on a hot day.”

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