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Dan Hamilton
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The issue is not whether we possess intelligence but whether we are adept at reflection of the broadest and deepest kind.
“One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
― Dubliners
― Dubliners
“Scratch a guy who always talks about what a winner he is or how he’s “self-made” or how he’s pulled himself up by the bootstraps, and underneath you’ll always find a little boy who had everything handed to him.”
― Home
― Home
“Without the fear of heights, there can be no appreciation for the beauty of high places. At”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“A jury of inquest was impaneled, and after due deliberation and inquiry they returned the inevitable American verdict which has been so familiar to our ears all the days of our lives—"NOBODY TO BLAME.”
― The Collected Works of Mark Twain: The Complete & Unabridged Novels
― The Collected Works of Mark Twain: The Complete & Unabridged Novels
“We knew it was all going to go to hell, and we just stood by and watched it happen anyway. There ought to be a prize for that kind of stupidity.”
― The Water Knife
― The Water Knife
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