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In the plot, people came to the land; the land loved them; they worked and struggled and had lots of children. There was a Frenchman who talked funny and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy-pants but when it came to the crunch he was all courage. Those novels would make you retch. -- Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, on the generic Canadian novel.

Try to value useful qualities in one who loves you.

Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.

Live in a world of your own, but always welcome visitors.

Don't read everything you believe.

For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels, each delved into a hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall was a gate. -- J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King" [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when referring to system overview.]

Q: How did you get into artificial intelligence? A: Seemed logical -- I didn't have any real intelligence.

You dialed 5483.

The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles. -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

You may my glories and my state dispose, But not my griefs; still am I king of those. -- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"