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1 " Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable. "
― Douglas Preston , Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
2 " There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual. "
3 " While dead men tell no tales, their corpses often speak volumes. "
4 " The twentieth century showed us the evil face of physics. This century will show us the evil face of biology. "
5 " Those who can’t do, teach, and those who can’t teach, critique. "
6 " An old poet, Robert Herrick, put it like this: “ Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun; And, as a vapour or a drop of rain Once lost, can ne’er be found again. "
7 " I can scarcely believe the cruelty of the last century. It staggers the soul. "
8 " Don’t live in the past—you will know what you’ve lost but not what you’ve found? "
9 " Criticism is a profession which allows one a certain license to be vicious outside the bounds of normal civilized behavior. "
10 " As I get older, Vincent, I have come to prefer a quiet evening at home to a bracing exchange of gunfire in the dark. "
11 " Chapter: "
12 " He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your secrets. "
13 " When a man’s ambitious, it’s called drive. When a woman’s ambitious, it’s careerism and she’s a bitch. "
14 " Well, we’ve got a man standing "
15 " Flatbush accent. "
16 " problem for the whole city. "
17 " by, just in "
18 " with a son. "
19 " Queens, by the accent. "
20 " an amazing set of knockers: "