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Laiane
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An astute colleague of mine once observed that liberal democracies in the West were generally run for the benefit of the top, say, 20 percent of the wealth and income distribution. The trick, he added, to keeping this scheme running
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“All those who come in contact with his [Christ's] personality, even though they may neither bow to his altar or kneel before his priest, in some way find that the ugliness of their sin is taken away and the beauty of their sorrow is revealed to them.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Let our scars fall in love.”
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“If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.”
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“But focus always on your shame, and your shame will eat you. It will become you. That is the coward's way. A coward never has to learn.”
― Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood
― Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims... but accomplices”
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Laiane’s 2025 Year in Books
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