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“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything,” he shouted, his thick, short arms making wide gestures of indignation, “for ’tis the only thing in this world that lasts, and don’t you be forgetting it! ’Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for — worth dying for.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“People who die with too many books on their To Be Read stack sometimes end up here. The ones who don’t feel they can pass over until they catch up on their reading. After a few decades you get to know them. Dennis, really,” the Librarian called to the nearest floating book, making me squint—”
― The Astral Library
― The Astral Library
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
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“The Board issues cards as warnings when something has gone wrong with one of my placements,” she said without slowing down. “A blue card when a Patron is due to return or renew their book. A yellow card when the book they’ve chosen isn’t a good fit and intervention is required.” “What’s a green card?” I couldn’t help asking. “We don’t have green cards, this isn’t Immigration,” she snapped.”
― The Astral Library
― The Astral Library
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