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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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Arthur C. Clarke
“When the reality was depressing, men tried to console themselves with myths.”
Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars

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]

Terry Goodkind
“A Seeker doesn’t have to be the smartest person, but he has to be the right person; he has to have the right qualities within himself. A true Seeker is a rare person.”
Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

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

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

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