They worried that fantasies were somehow inoculating me against more practical realities.

Ransom Riggs
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  3. ...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

  4. Millard! Who's the prime minister?"" Winston Churchill, " he said. "Have you gone daft?"" What's the capital of Burma?""Lord, I've no idea. Rangoon?""Good! When's your birthday?"" Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

  5. At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.

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