"The number of people on whose cooperative efforts your eventual existence depends has risen to approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, which is several thousand times the total number of people who have ever lived."

-- Bill Bryson

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“Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.”
“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.”

Source : Pearl Cleage (1990). “Mad at Miles: a blackwoman's guide to truth”, Cleage Group
“Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp.”
“You act like there are two kinds of girls,' she said. 'The smart ones and the ones that boys like.”
“Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special.”
“As a designer, I love to explore user edge cases and figure out what appear to be rules.”

Source : "What People Who Make Video Games Think Of Westworld". Interview with Evan Narcisse, www.gizmodo.com.au. November 11, 2016.
“At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.”
“I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.”

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