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“Tom gets by, Navidson succeeds. Tom just wants to be, Navidson must become. And yet despite such obvious differences, anyone who looks past Tom's wide grin and considers his eyes will find surprisingly deep pools of sorrow. Which is how we know they are brothers, because like Tom, Navidson's eyes share the same water.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Almost everything that Jesus taught, all His ideas, had been set down before in the Old Testament. Then came the largest riddle of all. If Jesus were to return to the earth she was certain He would go to a synagogue rather than a church. Why could people worship Jesus and hate His people?”
― Exodus
― Exodus
“leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“...They accept the natural order of the world. And although they choke in the fumes of the city they do not make a connection with the purer air in the forest...”
― Barkskins
― Barkskins
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