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“By the late nineteenth century, as British cities teemed with new inhabitants, crime rates rose and more established residents came to be afflicted with a new, urban, and distinctly modern anxiety. For the middle and upper classes, it centered acutely on the protection of property, coalescing in particular around city dwellers who were not members of the bourgeoisie. These included the working class, the poor, new immigrants, and Jews, all of whom were viewed increasingly as agents of social contagion - a threat in urgent need of containment.”
― Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
― Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
“Whatever your medium, the goal of any arts practice is to develop a greater set of skills for dealing with challenges. Experience will help you close that gap between your own vision and the piece's final execution.”
― The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams
― The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams
“When you write a story you're not trying to prove anything or demonstrate the merits of this case or the flaws in that. At its simplest, what you're doing is making up some interesting events, putting them in the best order to show the connections between them and recounting them as clearly as you can.”
― Dæmon Voices
― Dæmon Voices
“Life was full: no hacker is worth missing a Dead concert for.”
― The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
― The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
“Jesus can make beauty from ashes, but the family of God must first see and acknowledge the ashes.”
― Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
― Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
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