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1 " How like God's love yours has been to me- so wise, so generous, and so unsparing!" exclaimed Pancratius. " Promise me one thing more- that is, that you will stay near to me to the end, and carry my last legacy to my mother. "

2 " There’s a German term- heimweh, homesickness. It’s a powerful sensation, like a narcotic. A yearning from home, but for something more- a past self, perhaps. A lost self. When I first saw you on the street, Katya, I felt such a sensation… I have no idea why "

― Joyce Carol Oates , A Fair Maiden

3 " [David] Wallerstein discovered that people would spring for more popcorn and soda- a lot more- as long as it came in a single gigantic serving. Thus was born the two-quart bucket of popcorn, the sixty-four-ounce Big Gulp, and, in time, the Big Mac and the jumbo fries. "

― Michael Pollan , The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

4 " They are a couple in love, and anyone but a fool would see it is simply that, nothing more- and certainly nothing less. "

5 " I do not agree with you," insisted Georyn. " Must a man then live always as his fellows live, and never reach beyond? There is more to knowledge than you dream of, Terwyn, and if it lies in some enchanted realm- well, I think that there is a door to that realm. And I think that the Enchantress knows where the door is and can open it." " Perhaps; but will she leave it open? Think, Georyn: even if she should let you look for such a door, the time will surely come when it will be sealed again; and when that happens you will not be on her side of it, but on ours. How will you feel then? Let us accept her help against the Dragon, but no more- for we are men, not wizards" " I am not sure," said Georyn, " that there is such a difference between the two. "

6 " ...she was something more- a force, a stable, familiar force like something out of my past which kept me from whirling off into some unknown which I dared not face. It was a most painful position for at the same time Mary reminded me constantly that something was expected of me, some act of leadership, some newsworthy achievement;... "

― Ralph Ellison , Invisible Man

7 " Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is control. Beauty when they want love. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don't "

― Jackson Pearce , As You Wish (Genies #1)