“He sensed the future looking back at him”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“sorry I didn't text you back for a month. darkness took me. and I strayed out of thought and time. stars wheeled overhead, and every day was as long as the life age of the earth. but I'm good now. how are you?”
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“Cupertino has a population of 60,000. Is it, then, a city like Siena in the Middle Ages when it helped to create the modern banking system? Should it be regarded as less a city than the contemporary version of a remote monastery populated by devout adepts exploring all the possible names of God?”
― The Language of Cities
― The Language of Cities
“Most of us are forgetting that from the beginning of our life we are approaching death. Life is absurd but you can fill it with ideas. With enthusiasm. You can fill your life with joy.”
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“But it matters” she cried with a touching emphasis. “It matters deeply my darling, deeply”
― The Alexandria Quartet
― The Alexandria Quartet
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