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Erasistratus and Herophilus, who lived around 300 BCE, are known today as the fathers of modern dissection.
“His reluctance to accept women students stemmed from his constant worry with a Russian student lest her rather exotic hairstyle result in its catching fir on the Bunsen burner.”
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“In times of trouble, libraries are sanctuaries.”
― The Library Book
― The Library Book
“It seemed like a concrete tree with branches of polished corridors in every direction.”
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“In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned.”
― The Library Book
― The Library Book
“On Radcliffe's headstone, in smaller text beneath his name, was written, Here lieth one who sought truth and light and saw beauty in all things, 1842-1882. Leonard [Gilbert] found himself staring as he often did at the dash between the dates. Within that lichen-laced mark there lay the entire life of a man: his childhood, his loves, his losses and fears, all reduced to a single chiseled line on a piece of stone in a quiet churchyard at the end of a country lane. Leonard wasn't sure whether the thought was comforting or distressing; his opinion changed, depending on the day.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
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