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"Her sample drawings were clipped, rather subordinately, to her photograph. All of them were arresting. One of them was unforgettable. The unforgettable one was done in florid wash colors, with a caption that read: 'Forgive Them Their Trespasses.' It showed three small boys fishing in an odd-looking body of water, one of their jackets draped over a 'No Fishing!' sign. The tallest boy, in the foreground of the picture, appeared to have rickets in one leg and elephantiasis in the other--an effect, it was clear, that Miss Kramer had deliberately used to show that the boy was standing with his feet slightly apart."
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"Claret is the liquor for boys port for men but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."
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"Rams wrapped in thermogene beget no lambs."
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"Only the foolish, blinded by language's conventions, think of fire as red or gold. Fire is blue at it's melancholy rim, green in it's envious heart. It may burn white, or even, in it's greatest rages, black."
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"Symbols, Langdon said, "in no way confirm the presence of their original creators."
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"Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol " a symbol of hope " a symbol of wisdom " yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes."
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"Interior of the hand. Sole that has come to walkonly on feelings. That faces upwardand in its mirrorreceives heavenly roads, which travelalong themselves.That has learned to walk upon waterwhen it scoops,that walks upon wells,transfiguring every path.That steps into other hands,changes those that are like itinto a landscape:wanders and arrives within them,fills them with arrival."
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"She had a flower tattoo on her wrist; "What does that mean?" he asked her. "Absolutely nothing," she said, "it's just a flower."
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"That's oak leaf, for bravery. I've got Veronica and Honeysuckle, for fidelity and affection. And that's Peony, for shame. She lives under this rock.""Did you make that up by yourself?""'Course not. That's the language of flowers. Everyone knows that.""No, they don't. I don't.""Everyone used to know. They sent each other messages. Like Bluebells means, 'I'll always love you' and Jasmine means 'We're friends.' and Asphodels... Asphodels are for the dead."
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"The small wad of burning paper drew down to a wisp of flame and then died out leaving a faint pattern for just a moment in the incandescence like the shape of a flower, a molten rose. Then all was dark again."
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"Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them."
Love
"What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times."
Sports
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
Creativity
"This monument is going to be built as a symbol."
Symbolism
"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."
Victory
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