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> [“The very best magicians are scavengers of the useful and banishers of the useless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-white/the-very-best-magicians-are-scavengers-of-the-useful-and-banishers-of/)

[Gordon White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/gordon-white-19927_magic_the-very-best-magicians-are-scavengers-o_417864.jpg)

> [“Build your cities proud and high. Lay your sewers. Span your rivers. Work feverishly. Sleep dreamlessly. Sing madly, like the bulbul. Underneath,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/build-your-cities-proud-and-high-lay-your-sewers-span-your-rivers/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/henry-miller-179_nature_build-your-cities-proud-and-high-lay-you_850511.jpg)

> [“The others moved in like a wake of vultures, ready to devour their prey. she had seen it on television once. 'Scavengers,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-c-malby/the-others-moved-in-like-a-wake-of-vultures-ready-to-devour-their/)

[F.C. Malby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-c-malby/)

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> [“Both of us freeze. The Scavengers, too, freeze. Their footsteps stop; their voices fall silent. And then the light seeps”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/both-of-us-freeze-the-scavengers-too-freeze-their-footsteps-stop/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

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