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    H.G. Wells
    “This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.”
    ― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
    tags: war
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    R.F. Kuang
    “War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
    ― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War
    tags: war
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    George Orwell
    “In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: 1984
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    Franz Kafka
    “How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense",”
    ― Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis
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    Michael Crichton
    “The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.”
    ― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park
    tags: ontology
    473 likes

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    Jane Austen
    “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

    -Mr. Darcy”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “And neither the angels in heaven above,
    Nor the demons down under the sea,
    Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
    Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.”
    ― Edgar Allen Poe
    tags: annabel-lee, edgar-allen-poe, poe
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    Franz Kafka
    “I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
    ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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    Max Brooks
    “Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”
    ― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
    tags: human-nature, scepticism, weakness, zombie
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    Max Brooks
    “I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.”
    ― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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    George Orwell
    “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
    ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
    tags: animal-farm, animals, closing-line, man, satirical
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    H.G. Wells
    “Yet so vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity,”
    ― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
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    Pierce Brown
    “I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
    ― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
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    Stephen King
    “They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?”
    ― Stephen King, The Long Walk
    tags: animals, humanity, humanity-and-society, life
    154 likes



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