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Here we were about to be sacrificed to something ancient and alien that looked like a giant lizard and had the zealousness of a Jesuit missionary and the scruples of a railway company lawyer. That beast was not going to be happy when it learned that its so-called advanced knowledge was outdated by several thousand years.

— Elizabeth Ann Scarborough The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas (1986)

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You do comprehend, do you not, that symbolically is not the same as fillingly?

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I attempted to explain and he attempted to understand, but the truth fell somewhere between us.

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We must draw the line somewhere. Observance of good form is necessary to the orderly completion of lessons. Orderly completion of lessons leads to the orderly growth of society.

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Fortunately, he was the sort of person who, when he demanded an explanation, listened to it.

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William gave me a look that said it was too bad I was brain-damaged.

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