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“That is a death I will think of often and with great fondness.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood

“Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Yesterday, I asked a robot, Gumball I think, do you know Murphy’s law of gravitation? It answered, ‘No, sir, I know only Newton’s and Einstein’s laws of gravitation; I don’t know Murphy’s law.’ I replied, ‘Eh, Gumball, the slice always falls with the buttered side to the floor. That’s Murphy’s law.’” Everyone burst into laughter.”
― Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan

“هرچند که مسائل فلسفی به همه ما مربوط است اما همه ما فیلسوف نمی شویم. به دلایل گونان بیشتر مردم چناندرگیر مسائل روزمره زندگی اند که شگفتی دنیا را از خاطر می برند”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

“As she drew closer to the fairgrounds, the group began to feel the festive atmosphere. People were hurrying toward the entrance, flags were flying, and a brass band was playing.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

“A speck of light was visible in the dark middle window and a split second later it shattered.

The reinforced glass didn't shatter like regular glass. It exploded into thousands of tiny rounded fragments that, after flying out into the hall, over the water, glittering like myriad white stars landed with a rustle at the edge of the pool.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let The Right One In

“A medida que leía las palabras que habían legado a la humanidad, iba comprendiendo cuál era la situación. Mi situación. Nuestra situación. Lo que la mayoría de la gente llamaba «la condición humana».

Y no era nada bueno.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Medicine, law, banking--these are necessary to sustain life. But poetry, romance, love, beauty? These are what we stay alive for! - Mr. Keating, Dead Poet’s Society.”
― N. H. Kleinbaum