“Equality is not a fact, like the length of days... Equality is an idea, a belief, like beauty.”
― Semiosis
― Semiosis
“You can't expose a lie without first shattering the will to believe it. That is why leading people to truth is so much more effective than merely telling them.”
― The Toll
― The Toll
“if we were judged by the things we most regret, no human being would be worthy to sweep the floor.”
― Thunderhead
― Thunderhead
“That England, a country not properly invaded since 1066 but which has
invaded almost every nation on the planet, can have a party named the UK
Independence Party win 13 per cent of the national vote in 2015 speaks volumes about collective amnesia and ability to distort the facts.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
invaded almost every nation on the planet, can have a party named the UK
Independence Party win 13 per cent of the national vote in 2015 speaks volumes about collective amnesia and ability to distort the facts.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
“I am the biggest and most powerful creature on Pax, and the most dangerous, and I have made mistakes I cannot rectify. But I meant well. I meant greater happiness for all. I meant to create a new and different and better life. I thought I would not repeat the past. I failed.”
― Semiosis
― Semiosis
Dave’s 2025 Year in Books
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