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1 " The aim of cleaning, then, should be to reduce bacteria numbers—but not to zero. Even harmful bacteria can be good for us when the immune system uses them for training. A couple of thousand Salmonella bacteria in the kitchen sink are a chance for our immune system to do a little sightseeing. They become dangerous only when they turn up in greater numbers. Bacteria get out of hand when they encounter the perfect conditions: a protected location that is warm and moist with a supply of delicious food. "
― Giulia Enders , Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
2 " A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart. "
― Neil Gaiman
3 " I've always figured it that you die each day and each day is a box, you see, all numbered and neat; but never go back and lift the lids, because you've died a couple of thousand times in your life, and that's a lot of corpses, each dead a different way, each with a worse expression. Each of those days is a different you, somebody you don't know or understand or want to understand. "
― Ray Bradbury , The Illustrated Man
4 " I wish I could read a couple of thousand words a day. Words written by someone else for a change! "
― A. Louise Robertson , Welcome to Mineola (Long Island, New York, #1)
