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Purported clairvoyant healer and psychic 1877–1945Related quotes
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn.”
Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451
Source: Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
“It tells you the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself.”
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
The Master and Lyra, in Ch. 4 : The Alethiometer
His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995)
Context: "Lyra, I'm going to give you something, and you must promise to keep it private. Will you swear to that?"
"Yes," Lyra said.
He crossed to the desk and took from a drawer a small package wrapped in black velvet. When he unfolded the cloth, Lyra saw something like a large watch or a small clock: a thick disk of gold and crystal. It might have been a compass or something of the sort.
"What is it?" she said.
"It's an alethiometer. It's one of only six that were ever made. Lyra, I urge you again: keep it private. It would be better if Mrs. Coulter didn't know about it. Your uncle — "
"But what does it do?"
"It tells you the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself. Now go — it's getting lighter — hurry back to your room before anyone sees you."
“You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.”
Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996) Greek poet and art critic
James Burke (science historian) (1936) British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
