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“Thais have a saying about a frog living inside a coconut shell. The frog believes that the world inside the shell is the whole universe. In the private investigation business, Vincent Calvino had clients who like the frog. What they saw from inside their shell blinded them, made them unable to solve a problem. So they hired Calvino. He knew the drill. Shells offered comfort and security. Leaving could be a dangerous business.”

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Book:The Risk of Infidelity Index: A Vincent Calvino Crime Novel

Source: The Risk of Infidelity Index: A Vincent Calvino Crime Novel

“To think about our bodies as horses to be ridden or even temples to be occupied, is to create a duality between our thinking and our body. It is like a tourist who arrives in a wild forest in his or her Recreation Vehicle. We have all see those campers with their televisions, and so on. Are they experiencing the nature around them? They have an insular experience, that is, camping without getting their hands dirty.”

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Book:The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

Source: The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“You live an insular existence, going from your soundproofed cars to your air-conditioned, insulated houses. People would not say God is dead if they only looked up at the spectacular panorama of the night sky, or had an unobstructed view of the sunset.”

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Book:The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

Source: The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis