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In any war, there are factions: those wanting peace, those wanting more war for a myriad of reasons, and those whose desires transcend either. And this is a war with many sides, not just two.
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“I ask the reader- is there any reason to believe that these idiots will fail to blow up the world?

The answer is: Only by accident will the present power elite, in this country and others, fail to blow up the world.”
Daniel Pinkwater, Young Adults

Milan Kundera
“If she couldn't love her fourteen-year-old schoolboy, she could at least love cubism. p. 91”
Milan Kundera

William Shakespeare
“Monster, I do smell all horse piss, at which
my nose is in great indignation. (IV, 1, lines 223-224)”
William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Jorge Luis Borges
“There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones

Oscar Wilde
“What is a sensitive person?” said the Cracker to the Roman Candle. “A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes,” answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the Cracker nearly exploded with laughter.”
Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Tales

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