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You are, on the one hand, the most complex thing in the entire universe, and on the other, someone who can’t even set the clock on your microwave. Don’t over-estimate your self-knowledge.
“The natives were Cucama Indians, an amiable but degraded race, with mental powers hardly superior to the average Londoner.”
― The Lost World
― The Lost World
“there was a worrying gurgle in my guts. Then another. My bowels were cramping and knotting, and I recognised the first onset of explosive diarrhoea. I prayed that the sensation was a one-off.”
― Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
― Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
“If you cannot travel honorably, and without begging, I should advise you to stay at home.”
― How to Camp Out
― How to Camp Out
“The universe (he said) is the Great All, and offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain – although it may think it can – the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
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