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“Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything.”

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Jack Kirby was a renowned comic book artist, illustrator, and writer, best known for his work with Marvel and DC Comics. His creations include iconic characters and stories such as 'The Fantastic Four', 'The X-Men', 'Captain Marvel', and 'The New Avengers'. more

“Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.”

Ifs Men Littles Long Knowing Kings Hero Findings Gains Strive Seeking Every Man Farmers Heroism Long Ago Strife Clay Turnips

Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“I seem to know all the cliches, but not how to put them together in a believable way. Or else these stories are terrible and grandiose precisely because all the cliches intertwine in an unrealistic way and you can't disentangle them. But when you actually live a cliche, it feels brand new, and you are unashamed.”

Knows Way Feels Stories Seems Together Terrible Brands Cliche Brand New Believable Grandiose

Author:Umberto Eco

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.”

Past Sweet Silent Remembrance Sigh Session Things Past

Author:William Shakespeare

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