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> [ “\[...\] from what I'd been able to ascertain online, the Swiss were a reassuringly practical people. They had a long, proud history of staying out of wars, preferring to devote themselves to more constructive endeavours like science, secure banking and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/from-what-i-d-been-able-to-ascertain-online-the-swiss-were-a/)

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## More by Gavin Extence

> [ The most important thing I learned \[...\] was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/the-most-important-thing-i-learned-was-that-when-a-person-dies-he/)

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> [“The first thing I learned that day was this: what you think you know about a person is only a fraction of the story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/the-first-thing-i-learned-that-day-was-this-what-you-think-you-know/)

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> [In the long history of human affairs, common sense doesn’t have the greatest track record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/in-the-long-history-of-human-affairs-common-sense-doesn-t-have-the/)

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> [“Well, for each of us the brain creates a whole, unique universe. It contains everything we know. Everything we see or touch. Everything we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/well-for-each-of-us-the-brain-creates-a-whole-unique-universe-it/)

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> [“Funerals aren't for the dead. They're for the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/funerals-aren-t-for-the-dead-they-re-for-the-living/)

[Gavin Extence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-extence/)

> [“They called our arrangement a 'Death Pact' - but, really, that's not a phrase that tells you anything important. It's just the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/they-called-our-arrangement-a-death-pact-but-really-that-s-not-a/)

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> [I knew how many zeroes there were in a quintillion, but I thought that algebra lived in ponds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/i-knew-how-many-zeroes-there-were-in-a-quintillion-but-i-thought-that/)

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> [“It was a uniquely human problem, something no other animal had to put up with, this ability to suffer in multiple tenses – simultaneously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/it-was-a-uniquely-human-problem-something-no-other-animal-had-to-put/)

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> [“The more I thought about Jocelyn's theory, the less bizarre it seemed. Yes, there were things about it that were absolutely cuckoo - Mrs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/the-more-i-thought-about-jocelyn-s-theory-the-less-bizarre-it-seemed/)

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> [“It's possible to find order in chaos, and it's equally possible to find chaos underlying apparent order. Order and chaos are slippery concepts. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/it-s-possible-to-find-order-in-chaos-and-it-s-equally-possible-to/)

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> [“Acknowledging reality for myself was one thing. Having to explain what as happening - and what was going to happen - to another person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/acknowledging-reality-for-myself-was-one-thing-having-to-explain-what/)

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> [“In life, there are no true beginnings or endings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/in-life-there-are-no-true-beginnings-or-endings/)

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> [“... The Sirens of Titan …. … ‘That’s a funny name for a book,’ I said with a gulp. ‘Are those women going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/the-sirens-of-titan-that-s-a-funny-name-for-a-book-i-said-with-a-gulp/)

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> [“Don't you think it's good to serve your country?' I asked. 'No, I don't,' Mr Peterson said. 'I think it's good to serve your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/don-t-you-think-it-s-good-to-serve-your-country-i-asked-no-i-don-t-mr/)

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> [“People talk about dark moods, black moods, all the time. But depression isn’t a dark mood. It’s an ash-grey mood, or possibly some type…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/people-talk-about-dark-moods-black-moods-all-the-time-but-depression/)

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