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Together they decided that for his dissertation he would look into the ability of smoke alarms to wake children. They asked the parents of thirty children to set off the smoke alarms in their properties at random hours of the night. ‘Eighty
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“The idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard--especially if a lot of people prayed at once--maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?”
― The Prophet of Yonwood
― The Prophet of Yonwood
“Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“But here’s the rub of addiction. By its nature, people afflicted are unable to do what, from the outside, appears to be a simple solution—don’t drink. Don’t use drugs. In exchange for that one small sacrifice, you will be given a gift that other terminally ill people would give anything for: life.”
― Beautiful Boy
― Beautiful Boy
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way we're on our own.”
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