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Reece had always been fast, but in these mountains one was not at the top of the food chain—and running from a grizz or mountain lion meant one would just die tired.
The books in this room focused on Africa, written by the likes of J. A. Hunter, Osa Johnson, Carl Akeley, Kálmán Kittenberger, Colonel J. H. Patterson, Samuel W. Baker, Martin Johnson, Edward J. House, Henry M. Stanley, Theodore Roosevelt, Fred Bartlett, Captain C. H. Stigand, Robert Ruark, William Finaughty, Townsend Whelen, John Taylor, Tony Sánchez-Aríño, Frederick Selous, and Peter Capstick.
What I want or don’t want is immaterial. What I wish and what is are two different things.
Ernest K. Gann.” “The author?”
“That he did. And he’s responsible for Fate Is the Hunter, one of the greatest aviation-focused works ever written.” “I read The High and the Mighty and Fiddler’s Green in high school,” Reece offered.
“In the scientific community they have an adage,” Danreb interjected. “What’s that?” “ ‘What is not strictly prohibited is, in principle, possible,’ ” he said. “Didn’t the scientists who lit off the first atomic bomb in New Mexico think that they might destroy the world?” Reece asked. “They did,” Danreb confirmed. “And they did it anyway.” “True.” “I’m thinking we need more adult supervision,” Reece said.
“A man should look as though he has chosen his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them.” The source: Sir Hardy Amies, dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II.
