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On Wings of Song

by Thomas M. Disch

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Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels: an English-language selection, 1949-1984

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Jack’s Quotes

“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
― H.G. Wells

tags: attributed-no-source

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“Communism.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

tags: goals, journey, travel

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“Here lies a toppled god.
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

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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.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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