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Quote by Claude Levi-Strauss

“Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous.”

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Claude Levi-Strauss was a French anthropologist known for his structuralist theories and his analyses of myths, kinship, and human culture. His work has had a profound impact on post-structuralism and semiotics. more

“You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off.”

Knows Long Two Happens Fall Waiting Morning Bed Built Wake Up Fake Alarms Headphones

Book:Freak The Mighty

Source: Freak The Mighty

“I need to check in with Seth before I--" he burrowed his face into the side of her neck, his breath almost painfully warm on her throat--"give in to my unconscionable desire to put my hands on you properly.”

Needs Giving Hands Faces Desire Sides Breaths Warm Checks Necks Throat

Author:Melissa Marr

“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.”

Certain Black White One Thing Faults Kitten Through The Looking Glass

Book:Alice in Wonderland

Source: Alice in Wonderland

“There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.”

Age Three Old Age Farms Farmers Lightning Rolling Farming Three Things Tractors Farming And Farmers Rolling Over Rolling Up Rolling Along

Author:Bill Bryson

“When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail you recogonize so well you could draw it by heart and for this very reason keep it with you on journeys at all times. And yet, when you least expect it, one day you open your eyes and there is an unfamiliar turnoff, a vantage point taht wasn't there before, and you have to stop and wonder if maybe this landmark isn't new at all, but rather something you have missed all along.”

Ifs Years Wells Heart Has Beens Reason Eye White Wonder Journey Dog One Day Draws Partners All Time Maps Worn Trails Gloves Unfamiliar Landmarks Vantage Point

Author:Jodi Picoult

“Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false.”

Ifs Teaching Theory Evolution Immorality Theory Of Evolution

Book:The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Source: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

“But what Dakota most enjoyed about the beginning of winter was the crispness of the air (that practically demanded the wearing of knits) and the way that tough New Yorkers - on the street, in elevators, in subways - were suddenly willing to risk a smile. To make a connection with a stranger. To finally see one another after strenuously avoiding eye contact all year.”

Way Years Eye Risk Air Streets Willing Tough Connections Winter Stranger Christmas Contact Enjoyed Avoiding New Yorkers Subway Elevators Eye Contact Dakota

Book:Knit the Season

Source: Knit the Season

Quote by Claude Levi-Strauss

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