28 Quotes by David Wallace


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    Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.

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    Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind.

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    My hope is that they would be convicted and put behind bars. They'll never stop doing this unless they get help. We're not doing them any favors by letting them be free.

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    But, again, the last twenty years have seen big changes in how writers engage their readers, what readers need to expect from any kind of art.

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    Because this is not a race all boats, regardless of their engine size can enter, the winner will be determined by the draw of the card and not how fast your boat can run.

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    Here's an analogy. The invention of calculus was shocking because for a long time it had simply been presumed that you couldn't divide by zero.

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