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1 " Don’t announce what you fear could happen or someone evil might make it come true. "
― Patricia Cornwell , The Bone Bed (Kay Scarpetta, #20)
2 " I behave myself, but it doesn’t mean I’m not interested. Being faithful to my commitments doesn’t mean thoughts don’t cross my mind or that I’m foolish enough to believe I’m not capable. "
3 " Meaning they can maintain a core temperature independently of the environmental temperature,” I reply. “That’s rather remarkable, and not what I’d expect.” “Like the dinosaurs, they can survive in waters as warm as the tropics or cold enough to kill a human in minutes.” “Certainly defies what I understand about reptiles.” I "
4 " Engineering Research Facility in Quantico have not been foremost "
5 " gigantothermic. "
6 " Maybe he needs a reason to go to the trouble. Maybe you have to want something so badly that you’re finally willing to be less selfish. "
7 " Poor situational awareness caused by multitasking, I think impatiently "
8 " Diethyl ether, nitrous oxide, and chloroform.” She names the three earliest known general anesthetics. “Chloroform is easily acquired if one is involved in an industry or works in a lab where it’s used as a solvent. "