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“During their lessons, Lorimer often reminded his student that his remarkable talent with the scalpel would amount to nothing if the knife was not held by a loving hand guided by a truth-seeking eye. The study of nature is a barren enterprise if stones, plants, and animals become frozen under the magnifying glass, Lorimer said. A naturalist should look at the world with warm affection, if not ardent love.”
― Hernan Diaz, In the Distance

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.”
― James Baldwin

“Her only flair is in her nostrils. ”
― Pauline Kael