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“Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)”

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Stephan Pastis, born on January 16, 1968, is a renowned cartoonist from the United States. He is best known for his comic strip 'Pearls Before Swine', which is celebrated for its unique humor and satirical take on everyday life. more

“He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections in the black East River at dusk, dawn, or darkest night, and each haloed light-in a tower or strung along the jeweled and sprawling spider legs of the Brooklyn Bridge's spans-hinted at some meaning, which could be understood only when made audible by music and encoded in lyrics.”

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Source: The Egyptologist: A Novel

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Book:Wake

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“We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.”

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Author:Charles Darwin

“You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.”

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Source: Conversations with Ernest Gaines

“When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.”

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Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

“It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.”

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Author:Daniel Wallace

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