“There was never any more inception than there is now,
Nor any more youth or age than there is now;
And will never be any more perfection than there is now,
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.”
― Leaves of Grass
Nor any more youth or age than there is now;
And will never be any more perfection than there is now,
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.”
― Leaves of Grass
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“There is no virtue [in] America. That commerce which preside[d over] the birth and education of these states has [fitted] their inhabitants for the chain and . . . the only condition they sincerely desire is that it may be a golden one.”
― Alexander Hamilton
― Alexander Hamilton
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“Because you’d still have to take the roller-coaster ride," said Rumfoord. "I didn’t design the roller coaster, I don’t own it, and I don’t say who rides and who doesn’t. I just know what it’s shaped like.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
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