Evelyn

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“The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded thing to say, wisdom being one of our least evident features. In reality, we are Pan narrans, the storytelling chimpanzee.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Globe

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“O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth's sleep at all?”
― Wilfred Owen, The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen

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“Can't you just keep your big mouth shut?" Brian said furiously to Nan. He pointed to Chrestomanci. "How do we know he's safe? For all we know, he could be the devil that you summoned up!"

"Oh, you flatter me, Brian," Chrestomanci said.”
― Dianna Wynne Jones, Witch Week

tags: chrestomanci, witch-week

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“ouch, an egg!”
― Franklin Pierce

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“Taking a single letter from the alphaber," he said, "should make life simpler."

"I don't see why. Take the F from life and you have lie. It's adding a letter to simple that makes it simpler. Taking a letter from hoarder makes it harder.”
― James Thurber, The Wonderful O

tags: life, simpler, witty

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