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“Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins.”
― Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

“Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as we are, right now.”
― Alexander Shulgin

“Don't you hate that? Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay

“A true pilgrimage requires letting go of the very things most people try to hold onto. In seeking after what the soul desires, we become pilgrims with no home but the path the soul would have us follow.”
― Michael Meade, Fate and Destiny, The Two Agreements of the Soul

“A sickness known as hate; not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ - but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone - look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether.”
― Rod Serling

“Anatomists today would be hard put to identify the brain of a visual artist, a writer or a mathematician - but they would recognize the brain of a professional musician without a moment's hesitation.”
― Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."--Blaise Pascal

“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.”
― Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

"There is no higher life form than a librarian" - Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld

“The best thing about being dead is that you don't know about it. It's like being stupid - it's only painful for others.”
― Ricky Gervais