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“I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.”
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“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
― The Lost Symbol
― The Lost Symbol
“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
― Studies in Nature and Literature
― Studies in Nature and Literature
“What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.”
― Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
― Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness,” Aristotle said.”
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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