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“Things became duplicated in Tlön; they also tend to become effaced and lose their details when they are forgotten. A classic example is the doorway which survived so long as it was visited by a beggar and disappeared at his death. At times some birds, a horse, have saved the ruins of an amphitheater.”
― Ficciones
― Ficciones
“Everyone _shouldn't_ have a say in whose life is worth fighting for.”
― The Obelisk Gate
― The Obelisk Gate
“This is a terrible thing that she is saying. It is a terrible thing that she loves herself.”
― The Obelisk Gate
― The Obelisk Gate
“But if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people.”
― The Obelisk Gate
― The Obelisk Gate
“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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