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“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
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“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
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“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
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