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If any person examines by the microscope that part towards the extremity of the spider's body from whence its thread proceeds, he will observe the spot to be, as it were, surrounded by five several protuberances or risings, each ending in a point and altogether forming a kind of enclosure.

~Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Topics: Altogether Any Body Each Ending Extremity Five Forming He Kind Microscope Observe Part Person Point Proceeds Several Spider Spot Surrounded Thread Towards Were Whence Will

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I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.

~Antonya Nelson

Topics: Characters Comparison Extremity Forcing Illuminate Like More Normal Psychological Way

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Happy are those few nations that have not waited till the slow succession of human vicissitudes should, from the extremity of evil, produce a transition to good; but by prudent laws have facilitated the progress from one to the other!

~Cesare Beccaria

Topics: Evil Extremity Few Good Happy Human Laws Nations Other Produce Progress Prudent Should Slow Succession Those Till Transition Waited

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Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.

~Clive Sinclair

Topics: Ancient Bare Black Deadwood Extremity Forms Granite Hills Land Lies More Northern Rugged Smooth Southern Time Tip Where

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I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Characters Dark Dark Side Extremity Fascinating Greatest Happiness Interested Man Side Taboo

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In the extremity of war, character is revealed.

~George Packer

Topics: Character Extremity Revealed War

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