We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

—Maria Mitchell

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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.

—Bertrand Russell

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Love is the strangest, most illogical thing in the world.

—Jennifer E. Smith in The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.

—Bertrand Russell

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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

—Jacques Derrida

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Life isn't always about logic and reasons—sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump. Particularly when it comes to relationships.

—Julie James in Just the Sexiest Man Alive

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