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“Mother Nature is a freaky lady who probably created pot so she could spend all her time smoking it.”

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Mira Grant is an American author known for her works in science fiction and horror. Her novels often blend political satire with elements of science fiction, earning her a dedicated fan base. more

“I should like to be the landscape which I am contemplating, I should like this sky, this quiet water to think themselves within me, that it might be I whom they express in flesh and bone, and I remain at a distance. But it is also by this distance that the sky and the water exist before me. My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. I can not appropriate the snow field where i slide. It remains foreign, forbidden, but I take delight in this very effort toward an impossible possession. I experience it as a triumph, not as a defeat.”

Source: The Ethics of Ambiguity

“When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.”

“She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.”

Men Should Believe Heart Made Purpose Brain Should Have Combination Believe In Me Gifted Good God

Book:Dracula

Source: Dracula

“The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know — the greater the number of the books he read, the greater the immense uncountable number of those which he could never read would seem to be…. The thought that other books were waiting for him tore at his heart forever.”

Knows Heart Book Seems Waiting Numbers Forever Greater Mad Immense

Book:Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth

Source: Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth

“With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty.”

Turns Stupid Chaos Nasty Vendetta

Author:Alan Moore

“To bankrupt a fool, give him information.”

Giving Information Fool

Book:Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile

Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile

“Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.”

Want Long Young Turns Grows Millions Car Miles Be Young Road Trip

Author:Pseudonymous Bosch

“Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?” “Cheese made by dwarfs.” “Oh,” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .” “No. What a horrible thought.” “Exactly.”

Made Said Horrible Cheese Relieved Dwarfs Dwarves Orion

Book:Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

Source: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

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