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“Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he'd suddenly decided to snack on her neck... but it was just a hug. His body felt cold against hers, and way too close, but then he let go and stepped back. "You've done very well. I'm extremely proud of you," he said. There was a touch of color high in his pale cheeks. "Do go home now. And shower. You reek like the dead." Which, coming from a vampire, was pretty rich.”
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“Methodology is intuition reconstructed in tranquility”
Source : "The Mind Traveller: A Guide to Paul F. Lazarsfeld's Communicating Research Papers". Book by Ann K. Pasanella, p. 22, 1994.
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“The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.”
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“When you undervalue who you are, the world will undervalue what you do and vice versa.”
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“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
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“When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.”
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“If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are the three Rs that our children need to master for the sake of their souls and the health of the world.”
Source : Zoe Weil (2003). “Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times”, p.41, New Society Publishers
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“It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.”
Source : Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.143, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard