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"What a wealth of information is packed into the first 23 pages. This will be a long, long read. I intend to savor it." — May 21, 2012 12:39PM
"What a wealth of information is packed into the first 23 pages. This will be a long, long read. I intend to savor it." — May 21, 2012 12:39PM
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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“If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.”
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Alice in Wonderland
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Alice in Wonderland
“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
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