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Book cover for Woke: A Guide to Social Justice
When queer activists appropriated the word ‘gay’ from its traditional meaning of ‘happy’, they achieved their goal of simultaneously increasing gayness and decreasing happiness.
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Gore Vidal
“On the throne of the world, any delusion can become fact.”
Gore Vidal, Julian

John Swartzwelder
“Somebody had been doing some major league tampering to my car. The brake lines were cut. The tires were on fire. There was carbon monoxide coming out of everything. And the radio was tuned to a station I didn’t like. I had to tip my booby-trapped hat to whoever tampered with this car. I was late with my payments on the car anyway, and it looked like a lot of repair work was going to have to be done no matter how this came out, so I figured let the finance company worry about it. I called them up on my cell phone, told them where the car was, and jumped out. I was going over sixty at the time, but luckily I didn't hit the ground. There was a cliff there and I just went harmlessly over that. But just when you’re sailing along, thinking everything is going to be okay, something unexpected comes along to jar you out of your complacency. For me, in this case, it was the bottom of the cliff. I got bruised up pretty bad – they say I bounced for an hour - but luckily no bones were broken. That's where that protective layer of fat I was telling you about comes in.”
John Swartzwelder, The Time Machine Did It

Honoré de Balzac
“The tranquility and peace that a scholar needs is something as sweet and as exhilarating as love.”
Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin

Gore Vidal
“A court is the most depressing place on earth. Wherever there is a throne, one may observe in rich detail every folly and wickedness of which man is capable, enameled with manners and gilded with hypocrisy.”
Gore Vidal, Julian

Gore Vidal
“He had the reputation for being stupid, and I see no reason for altering this common judgment.”
Gore Vidal, Julian

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