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last updated: November 28, 2023

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.
-- Bliss Carman

Source : Bliss Carman (1931). “Bliss Carman's Poems”, McClelland & Stewart

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The aster greets us as we pass With her faint smile.
-- Sarah Helen Whitman

Source : Sarah Helen Whitman (1853). “Hours of Life: And Other Poems”, p.147

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“About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed on in animals? How does consciousness arise in the human body and brain, and what is consciousness? What is dark matter? How did the big bang happen? Why does the speed of light appear to be absolute? Is cold fusion possible? How do you program a TV remote control?”
“I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.”
“We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.”
“I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots”
“I think theres a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures. Theres really so much more to me than that.”
“There had been a head of the FDA (who later turned out to be a fraud) his name was Fishbein and he was rampantly opposed to any alternative therapy. He went after Hoxsey, the Hoxsey therapy back in the 1940's and 50's, and destroyed Hoxsey. But not before Hoxsey sued the AMA and Fishbein and [proved] that the therapy actually worked. But it didn't help him because they closed him down anyhow”
“The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;â€”war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of half its horrors. The French renounce Christianity, and they relapse into barbarism;â€”war resumes the same hideous and savage form which it wore in the ages of Gothic and Roman violence.”
“It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer”
“You instinctively know that nothing will ever be the same, and you have to carry that knowledge around with you like a huge weight. The next time you see your girl, you canâ€™t look her straight in the eyes the same way you did for all those years.”
“One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)”