"I do half the cooking, and by 'half' I mean three quarters," Dad pointed out. "And if you're going to turn up your nose at all my carnivorous delights, ingrate child, you can sit under the table and gnaw sadly on a raw Brussels sprout at mealtimes."

-- Sarah Rees Brennan

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“The part of my brain that was responsible for creating the world I lived and moved in and for taking the raw data that came in through my senses and fashioning it into a meaningful universe: that part of my brain was down, and out. And yet despite all of this, I had been alive, and aware, truly aware, in a universe characterized above all by love, consciousness, and reality. There was, for me, simply no arguing this fact. I knew it so completely that I ached.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
“Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.”

Source : "How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science" by Randy Schekman, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2013.
“To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.”
“I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.”
“What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special.”

Source : Max Barry (2000). “Syrup: A Novel”, p.161, Penguin
“My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.”
“When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.”

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