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“You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?" "I was hungry, allowances should be made.”

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Gail Carriger is a renowned archaeologist, born on May 4, 1976. Her research focuses on ancient civilizations and the conservation of cultural heritage. more

“The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book." There is surely something to that. But it wasn't just the children of rabbis who went to law school. It was the children of garment workers. And their critical advantage in climbing the professional ladder wasn't the intellectual rigor you get from studying the Talmud. It was the practical intelligence and savvy you get from watching your father sell aprons on Hester Street.”

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.”

Has Beens Moments Film Opportunity Lines Originals Favourite Scratches Improvisation

Author:Nicolas Cage

“'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety.”

Joy Anxiety Nevertheless

Author:Karl Barth

“I’d bet a month of dawn patrols those apprentices had something to do with it,” Birchfall meowed. “Why else would they disappear back to ShadowClan without their mother?” Dustpelt let out a snort of amusement. “I can just picture those three holding Blackstar down until he agreed.”

I Can Mother Three Months Disappear Dawn Amusement Apprentice

Author:Erin Hunter

“from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only way to love, isn't it? this isn't a playground, this is earth, our heaven, for a while. therefore i have given precedence to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods that hold you in the center of my world. and i say to my body: grow thinner still. and i say to my fingers, type me a pretty song. and i say to my heart: rave on.”

Thinking World Way Heart Stills Ends Body Earth Song Given Heaven Grows Dark Answers Type Return My Heart Fingers Mood Coming Out Loving You Playgrounds Complication Precedence Sullen Rave

Author:Mary Oliver

“I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.”

World Light Forgotten

Book:A Wizard of Earthsea

Source: A Wizard of Earthsea

“My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Said Sometimes Father Water Interesting Blood Dying Drink Glasses Desert Toxic Thirst

Author:Nicolas Cage

“One can have a wit, but not a witless”

Wit

Book:Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

Source: Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

“Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature. Nonsense. A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old.”

Years Three Nature Creatures Forests Nonsense Three Years Cows Hunters Travel Writing Three Year Olds Moose Walk In The Woods

Author:Bill Bryson

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