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Quote by Neal Stephenson

“It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for.”

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson is a renowned science fiction author known for his complex narrative structures and profound thematic explorations. His works often blend historical, technological, and sociological elements, with 'Snow Crash' and 'The Diamond Age' being particularly notable. more

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“I fell into a sound sleep and dreamed that I was at a banquet back in Gion, talking with an elderly man who was explaining to me that his wife, whom he'd cared for deeply, wasn't really dead because the pleasure of their time together lived on inside him.”

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“He turned his dark eyes on the girl whom he had dreamed of so often over the previous months. Beside him, at that very moment of existence, at the heart of torrential downpour, she was exquisitely real, and she, too, seemed content to go on sitting there forever.”

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“I'm at a loss because I am in love with a man who is standing before me with no memories of me at all. (Time Traveler's Wife)”

Men Memories Loss Wife Standing All Time Traveler No Memory

Book:The Time Traveler's Wife

Source: The Time Traveler's Wife

“It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.”

Hard Talking Concepts Nervous

Author:Kobe Bryant

“When the wind blows,the grass bends.”

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Book:Thinking Through Confucius

Source: Thinking Through Confucius

“On that same tour we ran into a band at Aylesbury Friars, a biggish venue in Oxfordshire, England. They were a four-piece from Ireland called U2. They seemed like nice fellows and they sounded pretty good, but we didn’t keep in touch. They’re probably taxi drivers and accountants by now.”

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“I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.”

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Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.”

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Book:How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication

Source: How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication

“For the chain of causes cannot by any force be loosed or broken, nor can nature be commanded except by being obeyed.”

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“Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.”

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Book:Night

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