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“Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.”
― The Midwich Cuckoos
― The Midwich Cuckoos

“That dream I had about the boss last night," she leaned closer. "It was dirty.
Giggling at the shock on Tatianna's face Evie spun back around, only to halt immediately in her tracks.
Swallowing a lump in her throat, her eyes as wide as saucers, Evie said, "Hello Sir! Any chance you'd like to add my head to the entryway?”
― Assistant to the Villain
Giggling at the shock on Tatianna's face Evie spun back around, only to halt immediately in her tracks.
Swallowing a lump in her throat, her eyes as wide as saucers, Evie said, "Hello Sir! Any chance you'd like to add my head to the entryway?”
― Assistant to the Villain

“Men trained under Dr Keate and similar pedagogues made our England what it is, and extended the blessings of our civilisation to the benighted heathen in India and Africa. I do not wish to belittle this achievement, and I am not sure that it would have been possible by any other method with the same economy of effort. Its products, owing to a certain Spartan toughness and to a complete incapacity for intellectual doubt, acquired the qualities needed by an imperial race among the backward peoples. They were able to pass on the stern rule to which they had been subjected in youth, and to avoid the realisation that what they supposed to be their education had starved the intelligence and the emotions in order to strengthen the will. In America a similar result was achieved by Puritanism while it remained vigorous.”
― Education and the Social Order
― Education and the Social Order

“[...] People started screaming.
Though not about me.
Something to do with the truck.
It was leaking all over the place.
Gas.
It had caught fire. I was going to burn.
Except it wasn't gas.
[...]”
― House of Leaves
Though not about me.
Something to do with the truck.
It was leaking all over the place.
Gas.
It had caught fire. I was going to burn.
Except it wasn't gas.
[...]”
― House of Leaves
“To avoid hallucinating, the brain needs to keep its predictions separate from reality.”
― A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
― A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
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