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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)

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“Routine kills creative thought.”
― Scarlett Thomas, PopCo

tags: creativity

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“Real life is physical. Give me books instead. Give me the invisibility of the contents of books, the thoughts, the ideas, the images. Let me become part of a book. . . . an intertextual being: a book cyborg, or, considering that books aren't cybernetic, perhaps a bibliorg.”
― Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

tags: books, cybernetics, ideas, images, thoughts

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

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