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“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

Malala Yousafzai
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.”
Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Pearl S. Buck
“Leah was more than beautiful. She was filled with some spirit, a high quality, which Peony admired and did not understand. The Chinese said of her, "She is heaven-good." They meant that her goodness was natural and that it flowed from a fountain within herself.”
Pearl S. Buck, Peony

Richard P. Feynman
“I think we should teach them [the people] wonders and that the purpose of knowledge is to appreciate wonders even more.”
Richard P. Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

“Martha Beacon’s honey bee sun tea? Of course, I can make it. Martha Beacon thinks she invented it. Everyone around here has been making it for centuries. Can I make Martha Beacon’s honey bee sun tea? The very gall of her. Is that what you want?”
R. Gerry Fabian, Just Out Of Reach

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