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“... you can pack a bag and take a plane somewhere, anywhere, and when you get there and open the bag — lying right on top will be whatever you're running away from. The very first thing you'll have to unpack ...”
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“I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them.”
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“[On nude modeling:] ... he has to ask you if you have any scars, adhesions, children, moles, warts, or scruples.”
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“Ada always sounded excited when she spoke, as if speech was a new art she had just mastered and was showing off.”
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“[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me ...”
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“... I looked deeply into that boy's eyes, loaned him a mind, and sent him thoughts that he did not possess because I had imagination enough for us both.”
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“I have a horror of vanity; it is the quicksand of reason.”
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“The only difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.”