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“Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do so you will be certain to see something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ig...”
“Bell had his own theories about the threat that people with disabilities represented to the future of the species. His mother and wife had both been born deaf, and in 1883 he warned the National Ac...”
“Years later I told Alexander Graham Bell of my introduction to the telephone. Nobody, he said, can estimate what the teachers of science in colleges and high schools were doing in those days not on...”
“At that time Mr. Bell was giving his nights to trying to make iron talk...He was up and began his day around four to six. Often there were guests for dinner, for everybody of note the world over wh...”
“Laws assure animals of protection – formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.”
“The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.”
“In the algebra of fantasy, A times B doesn't have to equal B times A. But, once established, the equation must hold throughout the story.”
“Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.”
“At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life. In whatever guise—our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity; or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Kee...”
“Our only hope for tomorrow is peace now.”
“The raw materials of story are the raw materials of all human cultures. Story deals with the same questions as theology, philosophy, psychology. It is concerned with polarities: love and hate, birt...”
“Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.”
“But I’m Pharaoh, Neter-Khet said. I’m supposed to give orders.That doesn’t mean anything to a cat, said Jason. Didn’t anybody ever tell you?Nobody tells me, Neter-Khet said. I tell them. Besides, t...”
“Oh yes, said the Emperor. That’s what you have to do when you approach the Celestial Presence—that’s me.Well, I’m afraid that no cat in the world ever bowed to an emperor, said Jason. They just won...”
“That’s another thing about emperors—and regents, Gareth said. They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.”
“Didn’t you ever see a cat before?Of course I did, said the boy. Hundreds of them. But just because you’ve seen something, it doesn’t mean you stop looking. There’s always something you didn’t see b...”
“He’s as impartial as a herring’s backbone, for he favors neither side and is attached to both!”
“What civilization would be complete without a cat? the Professor went on. What greater blessing to the home than the kindly yet watchful eye of this tiger of the fireside?”
“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assis...”
“Well, that is one of the three foundations of learning: see much, study much, suffer much.”
