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The Familiar
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“What do you really think of this place?” Luzia gave a small snort. “What does a beetle think of the boot that crushes it? It is a very excellent boot with a most impressive sole and made of the finest leather.”
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“I was intentionally wearing a gold tie so I wasn't displaying either of the normal political gang colors, red or blue.”
― A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
― A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
“. . .the woman stepped once more into the street and the children followed and all continued on to their appointed places which as some believe were chosen long ago even to the beginning of the world.”
― Cities of the Plain
― Cities of the Plain
“Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“In a single stroke, the Linnaean classification system wiped monsters off the face of the map. There might still be unknown beasts and fearsome creatures out there, but now they each would have a family, a genus, a species; no matter how strange an animal might be, it was now under the rubric of scientific study and discussion. Thus, the medieval world's monsters and wonders were, one by one, either incorporated into this taxonomy or excluded as myth. The kraken became the genus Architeuthis, the giant squid; the sea serpent became Regalecus glesne, the giant oarfish.”
― The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
― The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. On a sunny day, the sun's energy on a square acre of land or pond can equal 4500 horsepower. These "horses" heave in every direction, like slaves building pyramids, and fashion, from the bottom up, a new and sturdy world.”
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