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“Everybody knows that sunflowers are devotees and worshippers of the great river god, Aqua-Molech. They are, however, morally fickle, so that by afternoon they’ve fallen away, much like the chosen people in the wilderness, and bow down to Arbor-Chemosh, the licentious tree god who twists their stamens and taunts their pistils.”
― J. William Lewis, The Essence of Nathan Biddle

“The basic physical-attraction axiom (we called it the ‘special theory of physical attraction’) is that the attractiveness of a girl is inversely proportional to your attractiveness to her. And the second law (the ‘general theory’) is equally true and immutable: The number of girls you find attractive is inversely proportional to the number who find you attractive.”
― J. William Lewis, The Essence of Nathan Biddle

“I remember thinking that if I jumped into the river the pain may go away. I raised my arms out to the side of my body and lowered my head. ‘Oh, God,’ I said, looking down at the half-shadowed stream, ‘why would you leave me here?”
― J. William Lewis, The Essence of Nathan Biddle

“The situation was a prime example of the quantum yearning axiom. The Biddle-Lichtman theory of quantum yearning holds that the desirability of a thing is inversely proportional to its availability.”
― J. William Lewis, The Essence of Nathan Biddle