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Hocus Pocus
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There I was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation swamped by unchecked plagues and superstition and illiteracy and hypnotic TV, with virtually no health
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“When the reality was depressing, men tried to console themselves with myths.”
― The City and the Stars
― The City and the Stars
“War is hell, all right, but the only way a boy can become a man is in a shoot-out of some kind, preferably, but by no means necessarily, on a battlefield.”
― Bluebeard
― Bluebeard
“After all, a society that takes care of its own does not produce children who grow up dreaming of burning it down.”
― Heavenly Tyrant
― Heavenly Tyrant
“People aren’t interested in facts; they’ll believe the spin on a story that best reinforces their existing opinions.”
― Heavenly Tyrant
― Heavenly Tyrant
“I can only think that the business with the apple must have upset him more than I realised.”
― Last Chance to See
― Last Chance to See
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