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41 " I thought, Or maybe drowning wasn’t as scary as what they had to face every day. "
― Steven Gould , Impulse (Jumper, #3)
42 " There’s nothing more infuriating than someone who wants to help. "
― Steven Gould , Blind Waves
43 " I checked the warehouse, but he wasn’t there, either. "
― Steven Gould , Exo (Jumper, #4)
44 " Stay away from the government. "
― Steven Gould , Jumpers (Jumper #1-2.5)
45 " I’d always suspected that the Bill of Rights occasionally had a “liberal” interpretation. "
46 " Maybe we’re luckier than ninety percent of the people on the planet, but no matter how expensive the shoe, it still pinches when it doesn’t fit. "
47 " What is the bit with the difference between the intron and the extron?” “That’s exon. Not extron.” “Exxon is an oil company.” “Do you want an answer? One ‘X’ not two. The introns are not coded into proteins. The exons are.” “It should be extron. A little robot that makes proteins.” “Well, the introns have something to do with regulating the expression of the genes, if that makes you feel any better. But it’s exons that get translated into proteins. "
48 " The separation was an act of will harder to overcome than mere distance. "
49 " He had no intention whatsoever of sleeping in that house. Why, people could probably drive right up to it! "
50 " Are you saying the INS should’ve taken the boat out of U.S. waters before sinking it? "
51 " Freon isn’t poisonous, Dad.” “No. But it will kill you dead, just the same. "
52 " What’s the big deal—you’ve read it, haven’t you?” Then he’d take them down to the used-book store and sell them for peanuts. He never got anything close to what they were worth. He didn’t like them cluttering up the house, or even my room. They weren’t going to get my books. "
53 " Unintended consequences. "