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“We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.”
― The Other Hand
― The Other Hand
“Human beings would split the atom and invent television, nylon, and instant coffee before they could figure out the age of their own planet.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Look at a globe and what you are seeing really is a snapshot of the continents as they have been for just one-tenth of 1 per cent of the earths history.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.”
― Little Bee
― Little Bee
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