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I still found myself conducting imaginary conversations with her, usually late at night, offering asides to the starless sky. I was selfish enough to miss her but sane enough to know we had never really been together. I was fully prepared
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“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.”
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“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
“There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't believe in God," Daniel said, "but that principle seems, to me, to have a divinity of its own; a kind of blazing purity. What could be simpler, or more crucial? You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and that you will have to pay it.”
― The Likeness
― The Likeness
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
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