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And that which is often said of the volume and power of the human voice was then apparent to the eye. For ravens which chanced to be flying overhead fell down into the stadium. The cause of this was the rupture of the air; for when the voice is borne aloft loud and strong, the air is rent asunder by it and will not support flying creatures, but lets them fall, as if they were over a vacuum, unless, indeed, they are transfixed by a sort of blow, as of a weapon, and fall down dead. It is possible, too, that in such cases there is a whirling motion of the air, which becomes like a waterspout at sea with a refluent flow of the surges caused by their very volume. — Plutarch

A person might be living with numerous people; but, if he doesn't find a companion who thinks similarly as he thinks, he is still alone — Rajasaraswathii

Architecture is a way of life — Barwa

No seventeenth-century pedagogue would have publicly advised his disciple, as did Erasmus in his Dialogues, on the choice of a good prostitute. — Michel Foucault

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three. — Florence Welch

The religion of the name of the seas will triumph against the sect of the son of Adaluncatif; The obstinate, lamented sect will be fearful of the two wounded by Aleph and Aleph. — Nostradamus

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me. — Anita Shreve