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

— Fredric Brown The Mind Thing (1961)

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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)

“Are you interested in science?”
“Of course I am. Who isn’t?”

The Mind Thing (1961)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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