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In the most brusqe undertone; Lonesome Dove will never receive the full potential of literary transcendence to which it's due. Despite baring, boasting and pertaining the illustrious 'Winner of the Pulitzer Prize' on almost every print since 1985 - I
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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”
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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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