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“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
“His affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.”
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“Fiction is just a mirror of reality for the most part. Many things that happen in fiction don’t even happen here. But as far as pain and sadness. Joy and love, life and death, it’s all real here. Here it’s real.”
― The Scribbler Guardian
― The Scribbler Guardian
“Selleks, et määratud kodanikkude arv mitte väheseks ei jääks ega ülearu suureks ei paisuks, on antud käsk , et üheski peres, ei oleks umbkaudu 14-aastasi lapsi ühekorraga vähem, kui 10 ja rohkem kui 16, samal ajal kui nooremate laste suhtes mingit arvu kindlaks määratud, ega ette kirjutatud ei ole. Kes suuremates peredes ülearu on, väiksema juurdekasvuga peredesse paigutatakse. Kui aga juhtuma peaks, et kogu linnas see arv üle lubatud määra tõuseb, siis täidavad needsinased teiste linnade puudujääki. Kui juhtub, et terve saare rahvaarv lubatud määrast üle läheb, valitakse igast linnast teatud kodanikud ja rajatakse nende eneste seaduste järgi linn kõige lähemal maal. Nad võtavad ka selle maa rahva eneste sekka... kui aga selle maa asukad utooplastega koos ja nende seaduste all elada ei taha, siis aetakse nad välja.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“Professor Langdon,' called a young man with curly hair in the back row, 'if Masonry is not a secret society, not a corporation, and not a religion, then what is it?'
'Well, if you were to ask a Mason, he would offer the following definition: Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.'
'Sounds to me like a euphemism for "freaky cult." '
'Freaky, you say?'
'Hell yes!' the kid said, standing up. 'I heard what they do inside those secret buildings! Weird candlelight rituals with coffins, and nooses, and drinking wine out of skulls. Now that's freaky!'
Langdon scanned the class. 'Does that sound freaky to anyone else?'
'Yes!' they all chimed in.
Langdon feigned a sad sigh. 'Too bad. If that's too freaky for you, then I know you'll never want to join my cult.'
Silence settled over the room. The student from the Women's Center looked uneasy. 'You're in a cult?'
Langdon nodded and lowered his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. 'Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh.'
The class looked horrified.
Langdon shrugged. 'And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.'
The classroom remained silent.
Langdon winked. 'Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.”
― The Lost Symbol
'Well, if you were to ask a Mason, he would offer the following definition: Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.'
'Sounds to me like a euphemism for "freaky cult." '
'Freaky, you say?'
'Hell yes!' the kid said, standing up. 'I heard what they do inside those secret buildings! Weird candlelight rituals with coffins, and nooses, and drinking wine out of skulls. Now that's freaky!'
Langdon scanned the class. 'Does that sound freaky to anyone else?'
'Yes!' they all chimed in.
Langdon feigned a sad sigh. 'Too bad. If that's too freaky for you, then I know you'll never want to join my cult.'
Silence settled over the room. The student from the Women's Center looked uneasy. 'You're in a cult?'
Langdon nodded and lowered his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. 'Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh.'
The class looked horrified.
Langdon shrugged. 'And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.'
The classroom remained silent.
Langdon winked. 'Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.”
― The Lost Symbol
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