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41 " Don't underestimate the poor, because his soul treasures to Phoenix of Wits "
― Válgame , Poemas y canciones para el mal de amores Volumen1
42 " They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better cities to live in when their populations are doubled again and again. They would never understand that an economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human. "
― Edward Abbey , Desert Solitaire
43 " Light-years away, another starship was also experiencing problems, though perhaps not as severe. The I.S.S. Antares was not a new ship either. Many older ships in the imperial space fleet reaching retirement age were being refitted with more modern equipment to extend their useful lives. Thus, technologically at least, Antares was currently one of the most advanced ships of the Imperial Space Fleet. Unfortunately, she was now also one of the most troubled. This is what the Phoenix refitting program had done to the Antares. "
― Christina Engela , Blachart
44 " Like a phoenix rising through the fire, my Robbie, my Tesoro rises forward, and I hope and pray that he can take him out. "
― M.R. Field , Splinters (Running On Empty #2)
45 " Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?”" ...I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning." " Well reasoned. "
46 " The Phoenix rises in the absence or need of witness. "
― Truth Devour , Wantin (Wantin #1)
47 " He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through." " How very rude of him." " I told him I was." Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. " I am very touched, Harry. "
48 " Getting smacked in the face with a Harry Potter book does not qualify as a fight," Charlie says. " First of all, it wasn't just any Harry Potter book. It was Order of the Phoenix." Matt gasps. He knows that Order of the Phoenix is the longest and most potentially dangerous of all the Harry Potter books when used as a weapon. "
49 " It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes. "
50 " I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s. "
51 " You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. "
52 " Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St. Anger' being the fire and 'Death Magnetic' being the phoenix. "