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“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and dangers.”
― The Time Machine
― The Time Machine
“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
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“For after the Battle comes quiet.”
― The Time Machine
― The Time Machine
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.”
― A Wind in the Door
― A Wind in the Door
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