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"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
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“Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
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