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“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people.”
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“I have discovered that of all cursed places under the sun, where the hungriest soul can hardly pick up a few grains of knowledge, a girls' boarding-school is the worst. They are called finishing schools, and the name tells accurately what they are. They finish everything but imbecility and weakness, and that they cultivate.”
― The Story of an African Farm
― The Story of an African Farm
“A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
“You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention. [...] Never run. [...] Walk slowly, and pretend to be thinking of something else. Sing a song, say a poem, do your tricks, but walk slowly and she may not follow.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
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