That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.
“The world was simply and sheerly divided into 'the aware', those who had the experience of being vessels of the divine, and a great mass of 'the unaware', 'the unmusical', 'the unattuned.”
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
“Unscrew the locks from the doors !
Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs ! ”
― Leaves of Grass
Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs ! ”
― Leaves of Grass
“They were...well, Beautiful People! - not 'students', 'clerks', 'salesgirls', 'executive trainees' - Christ, don't give me your occupation-game labels! We are Beautiful People, ascendant from your robot junkyard.”
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.”
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
― The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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