"You see. I don't think any new thoughts. I think thoughts that other people have thought, and I rearrange them. But Sara, she thinks thoughts that never were before."
— Just for Fun

January 1, 1970

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Linus Torvalds, as paraphrased by his mother, Anna "Mikke" Torvalds, in her essay "On Raising Linus from a Very Small Nerd". David Diamond quotes the essay in Chapter IV of "Birth of an Operating System". Anna tells the anecdote to illustrate Linus's respect for his sister, despite their arguments.