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“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
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“Why would you believe such things?” he asks. “What good does it do you?” “The world we see with our eyes is not the whole truth. Dreams and visions are just as real as matter. What we can imagine or think exists as truly as anything we can touch or smell. Where do our thoughts come from, if not from God?” “They come from our experience,” Sumner says, “from what we’ve heard and seen and read, and what’s been told to us.” Otto shakes his head. “If that were true, then no growth or advancement would be possible. The world would be stagnant and unmoving. We would be doomed”
― The North Water
― The North Water
“Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of”
― Broken Monsters
― Broken Monsters
“Never would have imagined it in my entire life. But I guess just because I can’t imagine something doesn’t mean it can’t happen—that’s the solipsist’s flaw! The truth of things is right out there. All you have to do is open the door and there it is, all of it, everything I can’t imagine, right there for you to reach out and shake hands with.” Her voice broke. The”
― The Returned
― The Returned
“The flip side of being a person who never fails at anything is that you never do anything you could fail at. You never do anything risky. There’s a certain essential lack of courage among people who seem to be good at everything.”
― The Nix
― The Nix
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