Eaters of the Dead
Michael CrichtonSözler ve Alıntılar
A man should never move a step from his weapon.
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Legal Cannibalism
During the time Ibn Fadlan was in Scandinavia, other Arap traders were in China, where they recorded that human flesh - referred to as "two-legged mutton"- was openly and legally sold in markets.
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A wolf that lies in its lair never gets meat, or a sleeping man victory.
[ Scandinavian Proverb ]
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Fox = changeable character
"He is fox." By this he meant that he was a slipper and changeable person of false demeanor, for the North people believe the fox is an animal that can assume any form of it pleases.
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The Northmen say, "Fear has a white mouth," and now l saw that this is true, for they were all pale around the lips and mouth. No man spoke of his fear.
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A Scientific view of an Arabic explorer in 900s
This is the belief of the North people, as Herger spoke it, and l do not know truth of the matter, and report only what was told to me.
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"Strictly speaking, no hypothesis or theory can ever be proven. It can only be disproven. When we say we believe a theory, what we really mean is that we are unable to show that the theory is wrong - not that we are able to show, beyond doubt, that the theory is right."
[ Gerhard Robbins ]
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