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In all the rest of my life’s wanderings, I never met another person who spoke words to rival the beauty of mathematics.

— Lawrence M. Schoen Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

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Prophecy is first and foremost a self-serving gift.

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

I’m not accusing you of anything, but we both have studied too much history to ignore coincidence.

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

It all seemed like madness, but was madness anything other than desperation blended with hope?

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

We’ve met, and it wasn’t the highlight of my being dead.

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

There will be paperwork, no government action can occur without it, but that can come later.

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

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Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.

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