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“Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not only of Brother Leon but most grownups, most adults: they were vulnerable, running scared, open to invasion.”
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“When the liver is diseased, the eyesight fails; when the kidneys are diseased, the hearing is adversely affected. The disease is not visible, but its effects are. Therefore, enlightened people, wishing to be free from obvious faults, first get rid of hidden faults.”
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“If I can, by a lucky chance, in these uneasy days, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy heart of one moment of sadness; if I can, how and then, prompt a happier view of human nature, and make my reader more in good humor with his fellow-beings and himself, surely, I shall not have written in vain.”
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“What is it like to be a bat? What is it like for a bat to be a bat?”
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“Well, my love,†said Alexia with prodigious daring to Lord Maccon, “shall we?†The earl started to move forward and then stopped abruptly and looked down at her, not moving at all. “Am I?†“Are you what?†She peeked up at him through her tangled hair, pretending confusion. There was no possible way she was going to make this easy for him. “Your love?†“Well, you are a werewolf, Scottish, naked, and covered in blood, and I am still holding your hand.†He sighed in evident relief. “Good. That is settled, then.”
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“When night falls people become as lonely as snowflakes floating down from a gray city sky. Now and again we fall past a streetlamp and are visible, a brief moment apart, REAL-- we can be seen. We exist. Then we vanish into the gray darkness and the earth draws us to it.”
Source : Erik Fosnes Hansen (1996). “Psalm at Journey's End”, p.160, Macmillan
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“A lot of people who are passionate about digital or publishing, they either want to be in New York or Brooklyn.”
Source : Source: www.mcall.com
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“We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure way of robbing us of our private property rights and other rights along with them.”
Source : "Property and Freedom: The Inseparable Connection". Speech at an "Evenings at FEE" event, fee.org. October 2004.