“Nothing chased nightmares away faster than the rustle of printed paper.”
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Margaret Peterson Haddix (1964) American author
“Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.”
Robert A. Heinlein book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Source: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future.”
Neil Gaiman (1960) English fantasy writer
"Of Time, and Gully Foyle", Foreword to a 1999 edition of The Stars My Destination (1956)
Context: You can tell when a Hollywood historical film was made by looking at the eye makeup of their leading ladies, and you can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future.
“The setup of the book as far as printing and paper are concerned is splendid.”
Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) Austrian physicist, Nobel prize winner
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“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
"Step Right Up", Small Change (1976).
Variant: The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Source: The Early Years: The Lyrics, 1971-1983
“Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.”
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Book II, Ch. 12
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Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor
Variant: There's nothing like the feeling of knowing that you've made a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of nightmares and a fortune in therapy bills.
Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell