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“Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten roads that no one travels anymore.”
― The Fencing Master
― The Fencing Master
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ”
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“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”
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Victor’s 2025 Year in Books
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