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“...they say [Finn] has tasted the Nuts of Wisdom." Elatha laughed. "Perhaps the Nuts of Wisdom will gird him against your sister.”
“If we go on in this way, we shall have a new art of poetry, of which one of the first rules will be: To remember to forget that there are any such things as sunshine and music in the world.”
“Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
“When in a frying pan, thank your stars. You will reminisce about it moments later, when you fall in the fire.”
“Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.-Caroline to Ursual.”
“Dark is dark in the darkness.”
“I thought you were a drunk.""A drunk?""Bloodshot eyes, dirty clothes, getting home in the wee hours of the morning, making a lot ofnoise, grouchy all the time as if you had a hangover what else was...”
“There's nothing like a headless corpse to bring a touch of excitement into one's life.”
“So what's the problem?No problem. There's no problem. Don't ever say what's the problem, nthat's the negative way of looking at things, you know like is the bottle half empty or half full, know wha...”
“The only way to see everything, my dear, is to see it absolutely.”
“Went to get coffee today-opened my change purse. Sea shells fell out. Barista goes "Sorry, we only take cash or credit." So there's that.”
“She was an alien, really - a sort of eating, pooping, tantrum machine - and he didn't understand anything about her species.”
“So what's the problem?’‘No problem. There's no problem. Don't ever say what's the problem, nthat's the negative way of looking at things, you know like is the bottle half empty or half full, know w...”