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Of course, there was the bite of alcohol in the air as well, and the kind of smell all bars have that’s undefinable. Jane thought of it as the stench of hopeful regret, whatever that was, but it’s what came to mind anytime she entered a
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“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
― Foucault’s Pendulum
― Foucault’s Pendulum
“[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but
only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.”
― The Once and Future King
only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.”
― The Once and Future King
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
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