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The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her. ↗

— Paul Bowles

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It's our nature, isn't it? Again and again, we cling to the foolish belief taht simple solutions exist ↗

— Steven Erikson

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The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

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I miss God. I miss the company of someone utterly loyal. I still don’t think of God as my betrayer. The servants of God, yes, but servants by their very nature betray. I miss God who was my friend. I don’t even know if God exists, but I do know if God is your emotional role model, very few human relationships will match up to it. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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White magic or black, it doesn’t make a difference. Natural and artificial? Obsolete distinctions ↗

— David Porush

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The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we might not need animals in the flesh. ↗

— Doug Peacock

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Nature" doesn't really have intentions, per se. Nature is a drunk waking up from a weekend bender, ambling through a messy kitchen in a pair of mismatched slippers, seeing its car in the neighbor's pool and saying, "Ah good. It was dirty. Just the thing. ↗

— Pat Connid

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Almost everything a person thinks is a lie, and an assault against the natural soul. ↗

— Bryant McGill

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Behavioral science is not for sissies. ↗

— Steven Pinker

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There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you know that, and you do it for that one guy, you do something else. You join the world…You move out of your isolation and become universal. ↗

— Andre Dubus

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