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@@ -833,3 +833,36 @@ Therefore, immediacy."
 He quite enjoyed the time by himself in the mornings. The day was too
 early to have started going really wrong.
   -- Terry Pratchet _Only You Can Save Mankind_ p133
+%
+Let me bring you up to speed:
+We know nothing.
+You are now up to speed.
+  -- Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau in _The Pink Panther 2_ (2009)
+%
+A kiss was mysterious and powerful, fragile and invincible. Like any
+spark, a kiss might fizzle into nothing or consume an entire forest.
+[...] A kiss could change the entire world.
+  -- Scott Westerfeld _The Killing of Worlds_ p336
+%
+Rule 6: "If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to
+enough of it."
+  -- Howard Tayler _Schlock Mercenary_  March 13th, 2005
+     http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050313.html
+%
+Rule 30: "A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the
+further you'll go."
+  -- Howard Tayler _Schlock Mercenary_ March 8th, 2003
+     http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20030308.html
+%
+There is no form of lead-poisoning which more rapidly and thoroughly
+pervades the blood and bones and marrow than that which reaches the
+young author through mental contact with type metal.
+ -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Tilton 1947 p67)
+%
+It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
+ -- Frederick Douglass
+%
+"That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain
+power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkabilty
+of oneself not being there."
+ -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391