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"From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review."
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"A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation."

"The tedious never die, that's what makes them tedious."

"She was the most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from one story to another was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea."

"The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting."

"How do you feel?He rubbed his stomach. "Like I've been eating Styrofoam."

"In fact, there are many uses of the innumerable opportunities a modern life supplies for regarding - at a distance, through the medium of photography - other people's pain."

"I'm almost afraid to tell you. Let's put it this way: clean toilets are the least of your problems in this country."

"His shoulder-length hair was a rich, dark-brown color with a slight wave to it and it flowed behind him as he ran into the center of the gypsies. He was tall, muscular, and so beautifully handsome, yet primal. He looked magnificent."

"Human skin hisses like a rattlesnake when it burns."

"She was a most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from story to story was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea. Another noticeable circumstance in Mrs. Sparsit was, that she was never hurried. She would shoot with consummate velocity from the roof to the hall, yet would be in full possession of her breath and dignity on the moment of her arrival there. Neither was she ever seen by human vision to go at a great pace."
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"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning."

"Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest."

"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

"Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night."

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

"To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong."

"John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war."
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