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“The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.”

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Terence McKenna was a renowned philosopher known for his profound insights into consciousness, botany, and human potential. His ideas were deeply influenced by his family's genetic research and studies on the evolution of human consciousness. more

“He couldn't tell that this was one of those occasions a man never forgets: a small cicatrice had been made on the memory, a wound that would ache whenever certain things combined - the taste of gin at mid-day, the smell of flowers under a balcony, the clang of corrugated iron, an ugly bird flopping from perch to perch.”

Men Made Certain Memories Forget Flower Taste Bird Ugly Smell Wounds Occasions Iron Never Forget Ache Gin Balconies Flopping

Book:Conversations with Graham Greene

Source: Conversations with Graham Greene

“You become smart when you don't need to quote someone anymore." I am still stupid: I quoted Chuck Palahiniuk”

Needs Stills Stupid Smart Chuck

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life and death easily set at nought.”

Men Sometimes Study Medical Pursuit Likes Psychological Observation Life And Death Prophecy Tempted

Book:Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

Source: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

“Valek coalesced from the shadows and wrapped me in his long lean arms. I soaked in his musky smell, listening to his heart beat. Strong and steady. No indication that he had been sneaking around.”

Heart Long Strong Arms Listening Beats Shadow Smell Steady Indication Heart Beat Sneaking Around

Author:Maria V. Snyder

“Have you tried the cinnamon things?" Poppet asks. "They're rather new. What are they called, Widge?" "Fantastically delicious cinnamon things?”

Asks Delicious Cinnamon

Book:The Night Circus

Source: The Night Circus

“If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. You memories will be my most lasting impressions.”

Ifs Dies Memories Goes On Lovers Impression Accomplishment Lasting Lasting Impressions Greatest Accomplishment

Book:The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel

Source: The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel

“The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined.”

Deserve Incidents Grotesque Hounds

Book:Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations

Source: Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations

“Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of mankind competing to see who could commit the worst atrocities.”

Men Way War Found Race Worst Mankind Commit Tribes Competing Contests Atrocities

Book:Ocean of Blood (The Saga of Larten Crepsley, Book 2)

Source: Ocean of Blood (The Saga of Larten Crepsley, Book 2)

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