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“Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said in my BBC Reith Lectures, “Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don’t feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence”
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
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“who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares also into you.”
― Nexus
― Nexus
“People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories that we tell to ourselves and to others.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
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