Rupert Giles quotes
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“Books smell. Musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be...smelly.”
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“I'd best head to the library. Research beckons.”
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“Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious.”
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“From time to time, I am asked--by people with an alarming lack of tact--why a man like myself, who has demonstrated an affinity for working with children, has none of his own. Other people's children are quite enough, thank you.”
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“To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.”
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“Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element.”
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“I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.”
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“Pardon me for finding the glass half full.”
-- Rupert Giles