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They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

Quoted in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1887 - 1888). This line is popularly said to have been Sedgwick's last words and to have been cut off in the middle of "distance." In fact, this was Sedgwick's second-to-last sentence and was completed before the bullet hit.

Neanderthals were pretty smart, and if we actively killed them off, then probably we did so in the same way that humans kill each other.

"Ask the Author Live: Elizabeth Kolbert on Neanderthals". The New Yorker interview, www.newyorker.com. August 12, 2011.

Jace likes to pretend that everyone isn’t talking about him, even when he knows they are.

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.876, Simon and Schuster