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"When Medea wants to murder her ex's new girl, the Chorus is like "this is justice"; but when Medea wants to murder her own children, all of a sudden the Chorus is like "that's the worst thing you could possibly do." Guess they don't support other women, after all." — Oct 04, 2025 07:48PM
"When Medea wants to murder her ex's new girl, the Chorus is like "this is justice"; but when Medea wants to murder her own children, all of a sudden the Chorus is like "that's the worst thing you could possibly do." Guess they don't support other women, after all." — Oct 04, 2025 07:48PM
she did not recognise the place where she had come today, a place where she was like other people, sharing with them the singular catastrophe of being alive.


“I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story, two equal and logical sides to an argument.”
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“you have to be careful with the stories you tell. And you have to watch out for the stories that you are told.”
― The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
― The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

“Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“All TV is educational. The question is, ‘What are we teaching?”
― Star Trek: The Next Generation 365
― Star Trek: The Next Generation 365

“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!

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