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I took a moment to mourn the people I’d just killed.
This is stupid. Killing killers in the act of killing innocents is a just and merciful act. This toxic sympathy is nauseating.
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“Jack shoved his finger in my face. "You can talk to any other guy at this school, but you are not allowed to talk to him."
Had my brother learned nothing in the last sixteen years? Apparently not, and for that he would pay. I turned back to the source of my brother's irritation.
"Grant, do you have a girlfriend who would mind if you kissed me to piss off my brother?”
― The Boyfriend Bet
Had my brother learned nothing in the last sixteen years? Apparently not, and for that he would pay. I turned back to the source of my brother's irritation.
"Grant, do you have a girlfriend who would mind if you kissed me to piss off my brother?”
― The Boyfriend Bet
“It does not, in the conventional phrase, accept the conclusions of science, for the simple reason that science has not concluded. To conclude is to shut up; and the man of science is not at all likely to shut up.”
― The Thing: Why I am a Catholic
― The Thing: Why I am a Catholic
“Just a minute," said Lobsang. "Who are you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's a schoolteacher walking around?"
"Best kind of person to have," said Susan. "We don't like silliness. Anyway, I told you. I've inherited certain talents."
"Like living outside of time?"
"That's one of them."
"It's a weird talent for a schoolteacher!"
"Good for marking, though," said Susan calmly.”
― Thief of Time
"Best kind of person to have," said Susan. "We don't like silliness. Anyway, I told you. I've inherited certain talents."
"Like living outside of time?"
"That's one of them."
"It's a weird talent for a schoolteacher!"
"Good for marking, though," said Susan calmly.”
― Thief of Time
“Tell me about his friend."
"Cute, blond, brown eyes, serious expression, looks like he'll grow up to be a lawyer."
"I do love serious boys. They're so much fun to mess with. Maybe I'll tell him I'm thinking about starting a cult."
"You're evil."
"That's why we get along so well.”
― The Boyfriend Bet
"Cute, blond, brown eyes, serious expression, looks like he'll grow up to be a lawyer."
"I do love serious boys. They're so much fun to mess with. Maybe I'll tell him I'm thinking about starting a cult."
"You're evil."
"That's why we get along so well.”
― The Boyfriend Bet
“It is far easier to concentrate power than to concentrate knowledge. That is why so much social engineering backfires and why so many despots have led their countries into disasters.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
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