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STRANGER THAN FICTION

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
—Mark Twain

FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT

“That’s the beauty of argument. If you argue correctly, you’re never wrong.”
—Christopher Buckley

EXPANDING BEYOND

“Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.”
—Criss Jami

THE SUPER POWER OF LANGUAGE

“Language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.”—Octavio Paz

JAM SESSION

“I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them.”
—Haruki Murakami

THEME PARK

“Repeat the good. And the bad. Do it all…and pile on the years.”
―Natsuki Takaya

WALK THE TALK

“Every flower blooms at a different pace.”
—Suzy Kassem

LET THERE BE LIGHT

“Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.”
—John Burroughts

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