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“The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.” Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
“For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting” Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail.” Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
“We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest.” Neil Gaiman, American Gods
“He who rushes ahead doesn't go far.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Not that length and weight alone indicate excellence; many epic tales are pretty much epic crap—just ask my critics, who will moan about entire Canadian forests massacred in order to print my drivel.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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