“Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
“Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. ”
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“Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
“You are not entering this world in the usual manner, for you are setting forth to be a Dungeon Master. Certainly there are stout fighters, mighty magic-users, wily thieves, and courageous clerics who will make their mark in the magical lands of D&D adventure. You however, are above even the greatest of these, for as DM you are to become the Shaper of the Cosmos. It is you who will give form and content to the all the universe. You will breathe life into the stillness, giving meaning and purpose to all the actions which are to follow.”
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Ian’s 2024 Year in Books
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