"Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms."

-- Colin McGinn

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“Love cannot be described. It must be tasted.”
“Boredom reigns on all levels. The rain is a welcome change. I have seen the pond swell and the creek surge. I press my palm against the glass, imagining the drops on my skin, imagining where they started out, where they will go, feeling them like a river, rushing, combining, becoming something greater than how they started out.”
“We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination.”
“Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.”
“No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever. There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.176, Ballantine Books
“The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.”
“We didn't know each other well. I never had the time. Now I see that it doesn't make any difference. The ones who hurry and the ones who take their time all end up in the same place. Just don't have any regrets. No regrets.”
“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.”

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