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"Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out."
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"To those at the great house it means nothing, this handful of earth, but to me it means how much!' (Buck, 57)"

"Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours."

"Meaninglessness inhibits fullness of life and is therefore equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perhaps everything.... It is not that 'God' is a myth, but that myth is the revelation of a divine life in man. It is not we who invent myth; rather, it speaks to us as a Word of God."

"It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object."

"No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything."
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"Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech."

"Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature."

"What is without dispute...is that the readers need [the BookWorld] just as much as we need them-to bring order to their apparent chaos, if nothing else."

"Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous."

"I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees."

"Chromatacia society ruled by a colortocracy social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see."

"After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more."
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