>Some I neglected to mention (one is my favorite from when I was very young):
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A couple of books I thought would be mentioned are the books of Lewis Carrol
"Alice Adventures in Wonderland" (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland) and
"Thru the Looking Glass" (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thru_The_Looking_Glass)
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges
