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“I asked for another, more elaborate, assignment later the same evening, and she said she would meet me at the corner café at nine, and swore she had never posé un lapin in all her young life.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (Vintage International)

“The sociobiology controversy stemming from this mix of misunderstanding, suspicion, and resentment persuaded me early on that I had not adequately explained the relevance of the discipline to the understanding of human behavior.”

— Edward O. Wilson, ON HUMAN NATURE

“CHAD AND DIEGO decided they wanted to move in together. Chad’s roommate was leaving, for one thing, and so it was a convergence of desire and logistics and economics. Way back in spring they had begun thinking about this and then Chad’s lease ended at the end of July. A friend of a friend of a frien…”

— Choire in a Large City Sicha, Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City

“The best messages, the ones that get the highest response rate, are now only 40 to 60 characters long.”

— Christian Rudder, Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)

“Much I care,” returned the doctor. “It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to you is this; one glass of rum won’t kill you, but if you take one you’ll take another and another, and I stake my wig if you don’t break off…”

— Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

““Oh, doctor,” we cried, “what shall we do? Where is he wounded?” “Wounded? A fiddle-stick’s end!” said the doctor. “No more wounded than you or I. The man has had a stroke, as I warned him. Now, Mrs. Hawkins, just you run upstairs to your husband and tell him, if possible, nothing about it. For my p…”

— Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

“Quote with Translator”

— Clinton Halpin, Mr Fictional Character, Testing

“To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of…”

— Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

“You have stopped concerning yourself with what your ex is doing, or what he will think of what you’re doing.”

— Marisa Donnelly, How The Hell To Know You’re Ready To Date Again

“Please read my full endorsement of @realDonaldTrump for President of the United States: https://www.facebook.com/realbencarson/posts/607001686132968”

— Ben Carson, Carson for Trump

“I absolutely cannot be any longer without you — this half-existence, quarter-existence — is starting to get too much for me — and without the air which comes from you I can neither think nor write— I can’t do anything.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, Tumblr Quotes

“I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love…”

— Donald Barthelme, No Title

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— Clinton Halpin, Actions exporting!

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— MDN, Array.prototype.map()

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— Clinton Halpin, Map

“Simply said, it’s truly about the net worth of your network. You have to be willing to let people go who don’t lift you up and make you a better person. Avoid people who cut you down, dull your shine or use you. You’ll likely lose a few close friendships, but you’ll also make room for new, wonderful…”

— Felicia Johnson, 10 Little But Life Changing Reminders Every 20-Something Needs To Hear Right Now

“It was an addiction that I couldn’t cut clean from. It was an obsession that I couldn’t quite quit.”

— Heidi Priebe, Loving You Was A Drug

“We spent two trillion dollars doing whatever we did in Iraq. I still don’t know why we did it, but we did. Iraq is sitting on an ocean of oil. Is it out of line to suggest that they should contribute to their own future? And after the blood and the money we spent trying to bring some semblance of st…”

— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again

“Spending money on our military is also smart business. Who do people think build our airplanes and ships, and all the equipment that our troops should have? American workers, that’s who. So building up our military also makes economic sense because it allows us to put real money into the system and…”

— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again

“The best way not to have to use your military power is to make sure that power is visible.”

— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again