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“Waiting for the correct time to descend for cocktails, Mary sat on her bed and reviewed her impressions of the house party one by one. Belinda Choudhry M. P. she knew least. As mother of murdered Perdita, she was sure to be a volatile addition.”
― Murder on Family Grounds
― Murder on Family Grounds
“I’ll tell the Chief and he’ll squash you like the little flea-ridden castrated cock you are.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad.”
― Wonderstruck
― Wonderstruck
“It is mainly the soluble fiber in the common natural foods that lower cholesterol”
― Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol
― Essential Guide to Treat Diabetes and to Lower Cholesterol
“But along with the feeling of ineffability, the conviction that some profound objective truth has been disclosed to you is a hallmark of the mystical experience, regardless of whether it has been occasioned by a drug, meditation, fasting, flagellation, or sensory deprivation. William James gave a name to this conviction: the noetic quality. People feel they have been let in on a deep secret of the universe, and they cannot be shaken from that conviction.”
― How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
― How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
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