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"Important reminder in this chapter that the Union soldiers were, alas, also really fucking racist, but after 90-odd pages of describing the antebellum South as what I will charitably call the most shit-headed and small-minded society imaginable the Yanks still come off as philosopher-kings in comparison" — Jul 07, 2026 03:47PM
"Important reminder in this chapter that the Union soldiers were, alas, also really fucking racist, but after 90-odd pages of describing the antebellum South as what I will charitably call the most shit-headed and small-minded society imaginable the Yanks still come off as philosopher-kings in comparison" — Jul 07, 2026 03:47PM
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It's strange - none of the individual parts of this book rise above 4 stars, but the book as whole I find worth 5 stars because of the marvelous weirdness of it being so many different kinds of writing in one - there's a 37 page stretch of one story
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Valis
― Valis
“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
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