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“When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
― I Am Number Four
― I Am Number Four
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human natur.”
― Nicholas Nickleby
― Nicholas Nickleby
“Who says that fictions only and false hair
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
Is all good structure in a winding stair?”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
Is all good structure in a winding stair?”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
“You know what I was thinking? [Ruthie] got so excited when she was spouting this ahistorical countertextual nonsense, and I caught myself thinking, 'What an idiot her teacher must be,' and thinking about her teacher made me realize - the kind of excitement she was showing as she mindlessly spouted back the nonsense she learned in college, that's just like the excitement some of my own students show. And it occurred to me that what we professors think of as a 'brilliant student' is nothing but a student who is enthusiastically converted to whatever idiotic ideas we've been teaching them."
"Self-knowledge is a painful thing," said Esther. "To learn that your best students are parrots after all.”
― Enchantment
"Self-knowledge is a painful thing," said Esther. "To learn that your best students are parrots after all.”
― Enchantment
“Sorry,” she said, “I got out as fast as I could, but I had to stay and socialize. Protocol, you know.”
“Explain protocol,” Nell said. This was how she always talked to the Primer.
“At the place we’re going, you need to watch your manners. Don’t say ‘explain this’ or ‘explain that.’”
“Would it impose on your time unduly to provide me with a concise explanation of the term protocol?” Nell said.
Again Rita made that nervous laugh and looked at Nell with an expression that looked like poorly concealed alarm.”
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
“Explain protocol,” Nell said. This was how she always talked to the Primer.
“At the place we’re going, you need to watch your manners. Don’t say ‘explain this’ or ‘explain that.’”
“Would it impose on your time unduly to provide me with a concise explanation of the term protocol?” Nell said.
Again Rita made that nervous laugh and looked at Nell with an expression that looked like poorly concealed alarm.”
― The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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