“God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.”
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One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.
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Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
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Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before.
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If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
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