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| a_wild_sheep_chase [2017-02-18 09:07] – created nik | a_wild_sheep_chase [2026-08-05 12:03] (current) – nik |
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| <blockquote>Whether you take a doughnut hole as blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Whether you take a doughnut hole as blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>There are symbolic dreams=E2=80=94dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities=E2=80=94realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are what you might call the honorary town councillors of the worm universe. In the worm universe, there is nothing unusual about a dairy cow seeking a pair of pliers. A cow is bound to get her pliers sometime. It has nothing to do with me.</blockquote> | <blockquote>There are symbolic dreams—dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities—realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are what you might call the honorary town councillors of the worm universe. In the worm universe, there is nothing unusual about a dairy cow seeking a pair of pliers. A cow is bound to get her pliers sometime. It has nothing to do with me.</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>I think I've gradually lost my sense of time. It's like there's this impossible flat blackbird flapping about over my head and I can't count above three. You'll have to excuse me, but why don't you do the counting?</blockquote> | <blockquote>I think I've gradually lost my sense of time. It's like there's this impossible flat blackbird flapping about over my head and I can't count above three. You'll have to excuse me, but why don't you do the counting?</blockquote> |
| <blockquote>If everyone called God, wouldn't the lines be busy all the time? Like directory assistance right around noon."</blockquote> | <blockquote>If everyone called God, wouldn't the lines be busy all the time? Like directory assistance right around noon."</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>God's telephone number." </blockquote> | <blockquote>God's telephone number.</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>Nothing came to mind. With my eyes closed, I could hear hundreds of elves sweeping out my head with their tiny brooms. They kept sweeping and sweeping. It never occurred to any of them to use a dustpan.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Nothing came to mind. With my eyes closed, I could hear hundreds of elves sweeping out my head with their tiny brooms. They kept sweeping and sweeping. It never occurred to any of them to use a dustpan.</blockquote> |
| <blockquote>"So let's just say that the basis of naming is this act of conscious identification with living things. Why then do train stations and parks and baseball stadiums have names, if they're not living?"</blockquote> | <blockquote>"So let's just say that the basis of naming is this act of conscious identification with living things. Why then do train stations and parks and baseball stadiums have names, if they're not living?"</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>"Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment," she said, thrusting a skinny back of her hand before my eyes. =E2=80=9CMost everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment," she said, thrusting a skinny back of her hand before my eyes. "Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories."</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>Spiritual communion is not a recognized course of study. Henceforth, I would ask that you amend your ways.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Spiritual communion is not a recognized course of study. Henceforth, I would ask that you amend your ways.</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>In parts of Northern China and Mongol territory, it's not uncommon to hear of sheep entering people's bodies. Among the locals, it=E2=80=99s believed that a sheep entering the body is a blessing from the gods. For instance, in one book published in the Yuan dynasty it's written that a 'star-bearing white sheep' entered the body of Genghis Khan.</blockquote> | <blockquote>In parts of Northern China and Mongol territory, it's not uncommon to hear of sheep entering people's bodies. Among the locals, it's believed that a sheep entering the body is a blessing from the gods. For instance, in one book published in the Yuan dynasty it's written that a 'star-bearing white sheep' entered the body of Genghis Khan.</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>People abandoned by sheep are called the 'sheepless.' | <blockquote>People abandoned by sheep are called the 'sheepless.' |
