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Yes, it was swell to sleep when you were looking forward to something. Time flies by and you don’t even hear the rustle of its wings.

— Fredric Brown

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The face of danger is brightest when turned so its features cannot be seen.

The cat didn’t answer, except possibly by not answering.

The Mind Thing (1961)

“Nuts,” said the Martian. “You people got rocks in your heads, that’s what accounts for your superstitions.”

Martians, Go Home (1955)

A lot of my childhood playmates ended up behind bars and I don’t mean as bartenders.

The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (1953)

Her life, except for reading, had been dull—but it had not been in vain.

The Mind Thing (1961)

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Political leaders are never leaders. For leaders we have to look to the Awakeners! Lao Tse, Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Milarepa, Gurdjiev, Krishnamurti.

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Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.

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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.

L. Frank Baum Introduction to The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)

Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

Simone Weil

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