A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possi…

Jonathan Stroud
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A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you. ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2005). Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate, Disney-Hyperion
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