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“The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!

“Men det var verre på Institutt for kommunikasjon, for der snakker ingen av de ansatte med hverandre lenger. Det er like sant, og like paradoksalt morsomt, som at de ansatte på Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning ved Det utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet utvilsomt er Blinderns dårligste forelesere.”
― De beste blant oss
― De beste blant oss

“if I was a painter, and was to paint the American Eagle, how should I do it?...I should want to draw it like a Bat, for its short-sightedness; like a Bantam. for its bragging; like a Magpie, for its honesty; like a Peacock, for its vanity; like an Ostrich, for putting its head in the mud, and thinking nobody sees it -' ...'And like a Phoenix, for its power of springing from the ashes of its faults and vices, and soaring up anew into the sky!”
― Martin Chuzzlewit
― Martin Chuzzlewit

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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