“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“The meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead”
― Dune
― Dune
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.”
― The Unraveling
― The Unraveling
“These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
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