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“There’s less need to slowly acclimate these guys to the tank,” Bailey said. “They’ll be food pretty soon, so their happiness is less important than the shark’s.”

Happiness Food Predator Shark Acclimation

Book:The Circle

Source: The Circle

“He quashed his memories too. His life in Canton - his mother, his grandparents, a decade of running about the docks - it all proved surprisingly easy to shed, perhaps because this passage was so jarring, the break so complete. He'd left behind everything he'd known. There was nothing to cling to, nothing to escape back to. His world now was Professor Lovell, Mrs. Piper, and the promise of a country on the other side of the ocean. He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive. He pulled on his English accent like a new coat, adjusted everything he could about himself to make it fit, and within weeks, wore it in comfort. In weeks, no one was asking him to speak a few words in Chinese for their entertainment. In weeks, no one seemed to remember he was Chinese at all.”

Past Loss Forget Memory Abandonment Adjustment Acclimation

Book:Babel

Source: Babel

“If I’m my biggest fan, the odds are I’m my only fan.”

Ego Praise Selfish Adoration Self Centered Narcissistic Insecurities Ego Centric Fan Acclimation

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I was seized by doubt. Should I have come here? But going back was impossible. I had fled a known terror, and perhaps I could cope with this unknown terror that lay ahead.”

Terror Trying New Things Coping Mechanisms Acclimation Coping Skills The Devil That You Know

Book:Black Boy

Source: Black Boy

“I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one.”

Culture Defense Adaptation Evolving Defense Mechanism Evolved Consciousness Acclimation Enculturation Flinch

Book:Black Boy

Source: Black Boy

“There will come a day for each of us, and then for all of us, when the future will be done with. Until then, humanity will acclimate itself to every new horror that comes knocking as it has done from the very beginning.”

Humanity Pessimism Death And Dying Hopelessness Acclimatization Acclimation Hope From Hopelessness

Book:The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

Source: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

“In the summer of 1776, the average British soldier was 28 years old with seven years experience in the Army. The average American soldier was 20 and had known military life for only six months.”

Acclimation Accumulated Knowledge

Book:Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

Source: Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

“I look around at people and I often wonder if the darkness within them has any idea that there could be something other than darkness.”

People God Light Jesus Dark Darkness Salvation Redemption Rescue Acclimation

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough