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“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Hi Sandy, I won!”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“Oh, I'm being eaten
By a boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor,
And I don't like it--one bit.
Well, what do you know?
It's nibblin' my toe.
Oh, gee,
It's up to my knee.
Oh my,
It's up to my thigh.
Oh, fiddle,
It's up to my middle.
Oh, heck,
It's up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It's upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff . . .”
― Shel Silverstein

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”
― Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky and Other Poems

“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

“Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“But too often, survival depended on sheer luck. This was something we gods didn’t like to advertise, as it cut down on donations at our temples.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“From what I’ve gleaned, when combined with other words, hashtag has the power to distract the mind from more important matters.”
― Rick Riordan, Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds: Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings & Fantastic Creatures