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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong

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Dec 29, 2025 06:33PM

“I really wanted to take her photo, so I walked up to the nearest adult and asked, 'Does she belong to you?' Suddenly the music stopped, and I heard: 'I belong to myself!”
― Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York

tags: self

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“Wild card, got it," Duncan said. "Just like in Crazy Eights. I can be a diamond; I can be a spade. Whatever you need me to be, I'm that thing. That is so me.”
― Christopher Healy, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

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“Frederic had imagined this moment - him running to Ella with open arms, calling her name - but being as winded as he was, doubled over with his hands on his knees, all he could do was nod in her general direction.”
― Christopher Healy, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

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“You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

tags: the-hunger-games

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“On still another road, a green-haired man wobbled by on peppermint-stick stilts; a fiery-plumed bird of paradise perched on his shoulder. But he's not in this story, so don't pay any attention to him.”
― Christopher Healy, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

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