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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also. ↗

— Nicholas Culpeper

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I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

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Poetry is life distilled. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ↗

— Ovid

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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. ↗

— Carson McCullers

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