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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 ...more
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Xiran Jay Zhao
“After all, a society that takes care of its own does not produce children who grow up dreaming of burning it down.”
Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

Xiran Jay Zhao
“People aren’t interested in facts; they’ll believe the spin on a story that best reinforces their existing opinions.”
Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“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.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Bluebeard

Xiran Jay Zhao
“Since when did we as a species abide by good sense? Why do cowardly men strike their wives after a reprimand at work? Why do mothers scream at their children after a beating by their husbands? Those unable to conquer their misfortunes take their fury out on more convenient targets. It does not surprise me that women were forced into stricter subservience after Huaxia suffered a major defeat.”
Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

L. Frank Baum
“All donkeys are born wise," was the reply, "so the only school we need is the school of experience. Books are only for those who know nothing, and so are obliged to learn things from other people.”
L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz [with Biographical Introduction]

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