Quantum anything is cool but that is not what this is about. This is about the evil people do when they judge things before they really know what it is. Such as books or people. (People are not "things", FYI)
A great many years ago (about 11), I was in a book store and found the greatest book cover. It was a normal-sized paperback - you know, before they started making them bigger for no discernible reason. On the cover of this simple white book, in the middle of a funky black border, was a cartoon cockroach...in a trench coat and fedora. Holding a machine gun. That is all kinds of awesome. I bought it and loved it. Sometimes judging a book by its cover actually works. Go figure.
This is normally not true. I hate most things that are overly sappy or girly, you know, flowers and jewelry, that kind of thing. So when I see a book that has prettiness on it or flowers or anything sentimental, I drop it like a too-hot Hot Pocket.
But one time, I was searching for a book by an author that I had read and really liked. I found it, discovered the cover was a porch scene with flowers and a watering can (ew) and put it right back on the shelf. I eventually (months later) bought the damn thing and, of course, loved it.
So, please, if you have any sense - and I don't so I don't have to listen to this crap - don't judge a book, or anything, by it's cover. You could lose a really good friend because of how they look, or not buy a great car because of its paint job, or not read a really great book...and that would be the biggest tragedy of all.
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