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“Unlike modern military codes, ancient texts are almost never purposely misleading, purposely scrambled. ... indeed, literacy was so uncommon until classical times that the very writing of a message sufficed to keep it from almost everybody.”
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“You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.”
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“I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.”
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“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.”
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“If we are open to the possibilities of language we will be sensitive to the use of it by others and recognize that others may be speaking of profoundly religious matters without using traditional language.”
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“Sometimes in astronomy, a heavenly body has been virtually invisible until a single observer detects its presence and points it out to his colleagues, who then see it with increasing clarity. Perhaps a myriad of unknown senses are only awaiting our consciousness.”
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“If Ruby intended her party to be a salon it was a typographical error.”
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“Hate is funny. Love isn't. Love can kill you. Hate can keep you alive.”