"A man of letters is often a man with two natures,--one a book nature, the other a human nature. These often clash sadly."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

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“The final goal ... is to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.”

Source : Bronisław Malinowski (2016). “Argonauts of the Western Pacific”, p.60, Booklassic
“Take not into your ear that scum of hell that people call tittle-tattle. Whosoever willingly listens to a slander is equally guilty with the one who tells it, and an old writer says they ought both to be hanged; the one by the tongue and the other by the ear. Do not smile upon such a spaniel, lest like a pleased dog, he puts his dirty paw upon you.”
“In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.”
“There was a redemption of some kind, he believed, in such complete fulfillment of a desire so long deferred.”
“The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.”
“Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.”
“I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.”
“And even if you didn't fall in love in the eighties, in your mind it will feel like the eighties, all innocent and airbrushed, with bright colors and shoulder pads and Pat Benetar or the Cure on the soundtrack.”

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