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“Glossie looked around at the houses. The snow was quite deep in that village, and just before them was a roof only a few feet above the sledge. A broad chimney, which seemed to Glossie big enough to admit Claus, was at the peak of the roof. “Why don’t you climb down that chimney?” asked Glossie. Claus looked at it. “That would be easy enough if I were on top of the roof,” he answered. “Then hold fast and we will take you there,” said the deer, and they gave one bound to the roof and landed beside the big chimney. “Good!” cried Claus, well pleased, and he slung the pack of toys over his shoulder and got into the chimney.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus & A Kidnapped Santa Claus

“Pochi ritengono che Dio sia un altro modo di chiamare la natura e questa corrisponde a tutto ciò che non capiscono o non controllano.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“This is what they don’t tell you about losing someone: It doesn’t happen once. It happens every day, every moment they’re missing from. You lose them a hundred times between waking and sleep, and even sleep is no respite, because you lose them in your dreams, too.”
― Leah Raeder, Cam Girl

“Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.”
― Marcus du Sautoy