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The Journal of Curious Letters

This book compiles a series of letters that delve into a wide range of peculiar subjects, offering readers a glimpse into the author's fascination with the bizarre and the extraordinary. more

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James Dashner
James Dashner

James Dashner, born on November 26, 1972, is an American author renowned for his young adult science fiction novels. His most famous work is the 'Maze Runner' series, which has gained immense popularity among readers worldwide. more

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“From the sun did I learn this, when it goeth down, the exuberant one: gold doth it then pour into the sea, out of inexhaustible riches, -So that the poorest fisherman roweth even with golden oars! For this did I once see, and did not tire of weeping in beholding it. - Like the sun will also Zarathustra go down: now sitteth he here and waiteth, old broken tables around him, and also new tables half-written.”

“What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish useful ideas from the worthless ones.”