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I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

Rebecca Stead (2010). “When You Reach Me/First Light”, p.134, Wendy Lamb Books

Just FYI, in your case, I think it’s okay to fear the reaper.

Rachel Vincent (2010). “Reaper”, p.55, Harlequin

No one should be judge in his own case.

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 545, 1856.

The case I shall find evidence for is that when literature arrives, it expels science.

Peter Brian Medawar (1973). “The hope of progress: a scientist looks at problems in philosophy, literature and science”, Anchor

I beg my reader to consider the "evidence" I provide for my case and perhaps feel persuaded as a result. Beyond that I make no claim.

"Originality matters". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 10, 2012.

The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience.

Norman Maclean, Barry Moser (1989). “A River Runs Through It”, p.59, University of Chicago Press

But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.73, Random House

But it remains the case that you know what is wrong with a lot more confidence than you know what is right.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.58, Random House