“Anyone up for a little breaking and entering?”
“These days she always moved like that, as if she were made of glass in a house full of hard edges.”
“You know, as you get older the gray matter starts to fail on you and your memories get all fuzzy—they disappear into mist.”
“I don’t remember much from my childhood, but I do remember staring out that window and dreaming. I bet I had wonderful dreams….”
“She might even have a doll hidden on her somewhere. Well,”
“Intelligence requires first the gift of curiosity. Without curiosity, who would ask questions? Second, intelligence is the ability to synthesize. Facts alone signify little. Neither are they to be trusted. Intelligence is the subtle arrangement of that which might or might not be true, the intuitive selection and the weaving of such selections into a pleasing whole that makes for meaning. Third, intelligence has need of laughter. Without laughter so much that is bitter and dark is allowed into being. That which is bitter and dark may be clever, it may even be cunning, but it is never intelligent. As for wisdom, wisdom is simple. The wise are able to recognize, and to accept, that not only is one never intelligent enough, but that when all is said and done, one knows exactly nothing.”
“Might does not make right! Right makes right!”
“I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.”
“The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.”
“In case you didn't know it, friend, the Weather Bureau can post tornado warnings, but when it comes to telling exactly when and where they'll touch down, they don't know fuck-all.”
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