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Brad Justice
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One does not love because doing so is prudent; one loves because it is ultimately the only thing powerful enough to offer distraction from what we see and what we are.
“This scenario of capitalism in its final stage consuming itself in an orgy of imperialist destruction is one of the hallmarks of Lenin’s political thinking.”
― The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
― The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
“Worship the sacrifice they will make, for they make it in the name of compassion—the only cause worth fighting and dying for.”
― The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen
― The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen
“Twenty thousand? Fifty? Five? Scholars make a career of not agreeing on anything.”
― The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen
― The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen
“Only some 3% of the DNA in the genome is devoted to genes; the rest of the DNA is mostly yards of filler material.”
― Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
― Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
“existence is bitter and uncompromisingly cruel, and no entity responsible for its creation and upkeep could be called decent.”
― She Who Waits
― She Who Waits
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