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“A library is a hospital for the mind.”
― Random House

“I remember holding my face to the wind when Katharine died, feeling the air, the coolness and fluidity, the urgency. Every day, wind in my face, capturing my attention in some fundamentally new way. I was aware of breath, of what the ancient Greeks called pneuma, of a soul-filled world. I gulped the air.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“It struck me again how powerful and raw our experiences around death are, how carefully we keep them concealed and yet how close to the surface they stay.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“Is it mostly older dinosaurs here? Do the younger ones stay on Sorna until they’re ready to come here?” I ask. “We actually have quite a few young dinosaurs,” Bertie says, and it doesn’t escape my notice that she sidesteps my question about Isla Sorna, which somehow seems even more mysterious than Isla Nublar. I wonder if it’ll ever be open to the public—probably not. I know it was the place where Dr. Hammond raised his first dinosaurs, but the real question is: What goes on there now that Mr. Masrani owns it? Is it just the place to raise the dinosaurs? Or is it more?”
― Random House, The Evolution of Claire

“Families shelter their knowledge, keeping it safe and beloved like a delicate heirloom, away from the careless stomping of strangers.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“hungry?” Lunch was served in the Visitor’s Center restaurant. Afterward, everyone stayed at the table. They were talking about the park. “We’re going to make a fortune,” Gennaro said happily. “And we can charge anything we want!” His earlier fears had been replaced by greed. Mr.”
― Random House, Jurassic Park: The Deluxe Novelization

“I was acutely aware of her dying, so much so that it seemed to me the air itself was dangerous to breathe, for each breath demarcated the passage of time. I sensed the clock continuously, how it betrayed me, let go of me, ruined me and broke my heart with every exhalation.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“old miner, but this time Steve easily got past him. He jerked to the right and darted to the left, calling out, “Head fake!” He was in! Down in the abandoned mine, Steve used a pickaxe to dig away at the sooty stone. At first he found nothing, but he wasn’t discouraged. He just kept digging, until one day he”
― Random House, A MINECRAFT MOVIE The Junior Novelization

“flags”
― Random House, Unicorn Academy: Under the Fairy Moon

“No-prep meals on the way out the door: • String cheese and a box of raisins • Yogurt • Breakfast or granola bars • A plastic baggie of cereal (fill these up Sunday night so they’re set to go) And try to inclue a glass of fortified orange juice and low-fat or skim milk.”
― Random House, Elmo's Breakfast Bingo (Sesame Street)

“I’m Mr. DNA.”
― Random House, Jurassic Park: The Deluxe Novelization