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Thomas Carlyle

"Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall."

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"Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall."

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"Look, moonI turned silver for you."

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"A sausage is an image of rest, peace and tranquility in stark contrast to the destruction and chaos of everyday life."

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"The the glow become brighter: a holographic golden sickle with a few sheaves of wheat, rotating just above Meg McCaffrey.A boy in the crowd gasped. 'She's a communist!'A girl who'd been sitting at Cabin Four's table gave him a disgusted sneer. 'No, Damien, that's my mom's symbol."

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"Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama."

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"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel."

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"His gaze, bluntedby the unnumbered processionof iron bars, uncountedas his softly padded steps.Smooth motion of blood and sinewturning in its own, small circleprescribed by bars and walls...and skin, confined.Suddenly, without warning,a flash of light and imagepierces the caged brain,and passing through its beating heartto stillness finds its way."

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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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"This monument is going to be built as a symbol."

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