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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
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It’s located slightly northeast of Cuba and the Bahamas, east of the North American coast, but it is also a place in flux. The Sargasso Sea is like a dream: you can rarely pinpoint the moment you enter or exit; all you know is that you’ve
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
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