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Matthew Lloyd
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by Audre Lorde
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Matthew Lloyd
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Matthew Lloyd
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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.
“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!
“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
“Be generous, Sir Samuel. TRULY treat all men equally. Allow Klatchians the right to be scheming bastards, hmm?”
―
―
“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
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