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“People do this a lot. They don't seem to realise that the future is just like now, but in a little while, so they say they're going to do things in anticipation of some kind of seismic shift in their worldview that never actually materialises. But everything's not going to be made of leather, the world won't stink of sherbet. Tomorrow is not some mythical kingdom where you'll grow butterfly wings and be able to talk to animals - you'll basically feel pretty much the same way you do at the moment.”

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Book:My Booky Wook
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“Whereas during those months of separation time had never gone quickly enough for their liking and they were wanting to speed its flight, now that they were in sight of the town they would have liked to slow it down and hold each moment in suspense, once the breaks went on and the train was entering the station. For the sensation, confused perhaps, but none the less poingant for that, of all those days and weeks and months of life lost to their love made them vaguely feel they were entitled to some compensation; this present hour of joy should run at half the speed of those long hours of waiting.”

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Book:The Plague
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“First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great invisible hand. The dull rumble would rise in pitch to a swishing, lashing exultation, causing stalks to lie flat against the ground while the tougher branches of shrubs held themselves up and shrieked their defiance in the gusts. Then the first drops, cold and heavy, would plummet from the sky and burst on the ground.”

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Book:Dawn of Wonder
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“He sat in disbelief as the Mission Possible continued its rocking motion farther out to nowhere. He could hear the metronomic slap, slap, slap of water against the boat’s hull. He checked his watch, turned his Yankees cap around, and started the engines. Taking one last look around, he turned the bow of the Bertram back toward shore. Ready or not, it was time for Jake Reid to go home.”

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Book:Scavenger Hunt
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“What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanat­ical killers?” “A person’s senses are more acute when being hunted,” Reid said. “More adept at avoiding capture.” These guys are good, Blake thought as a bead of sweat trickled down the small of his back. What have I gotten myself into?”

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Book:Scavenger Hunt
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“Pendant les années qui suivent son fiasco, le Dragkfest reste l’un des sujets les plus étudiés par les experts en sociologie des révolutions — après la Poudrière, le mouvement des Sans-Pantalons et la crise de la cantine du collège Éric-Letigre, en 2050, suite à la tentative d’interdiction des gâteaux au chocolat. Le désastre du festival résiste à toutes les tentatives d’analyse. Soit les personnes susceptibles d’éclairer les lanternes universitaires ne sont plus en état d’être interrogées, soit leur instabilité psychique remet en cause la fiabilité de leur témoignage. Le moment où leur santé mentale a périclité — avant, pendant ou après le festival — fait lui-même l’objet de plusieurs ouvrages. Ces chercheurs n’auraient pas eu à chercher autant, s’ils avaient daigné écouter les explications de Morgan. D’accord, peut-être que celui-ci bafouillait et s’embrouillait un peu pendant lesdites explications. Peut-être aussi qu’ils recherchaient trop obstinément un sens à toute cette histoire. Une morale. Un truc qui s’intègre dans leurs modèles. Morgan voit mal comment on pourrait intégrer le Dragkfest dans un modèle.”

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Book:Le Naufrage du Dragkfest
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“The first frost laid down a thin wafer-like crust of crystalline wonder on a waiting world. Instantly melting to the slightest touch, it heralded the seasons turning in a celebration of ‘what was’ in an anticipation of what ‘was to come’. For you see, God sends the frost of fall ahead of the snows of winter so that nature might be readied for the flowers of spring. And it is the anticipation of each that makes them fresh every time they arrive.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“Today I felt the first brush of autumn as in these waning days of summer it gently leaned over an expectant horizon. And it is in having lived summer to the fullest that autumn is positioned to fill me to the fullest. And I think that if we would engage all of the differing seasons of our lives in a manner such as this, the appreciation of ‘what was’ would be magnified a hundredfold by the anticipation of ‘what is yet to be.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“None of these were “Black Swans,” which is the “go to” taxonomy for C-suites and policymakers justifying their surprise in the face of the assumptions they made about the world, signals they chose to ignore, and preparation they decided to skimp on.”

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Book:The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty
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“The objective is not to get the future right. Rather, our work spurs better preparation for any of the futures which may arise.”

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Book:The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty
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“The days passed in a dream. I pictured our reunion again and again, played it out in my mind over and over until I’d almost worn a groove in my thoughts, so deep that it seemed the only thing I could think of was our reunion. Anticipation is a gift. Perhaps there is none greater. Anticipation is born of hope. Indeed it is hope’s finest expression. In hope’s loss, however, is the greatest despair.”

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Book:A Short Stay in Hell
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