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"Began the preliminary meditations this morning. Orwell was right - To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." — Jun 22, 2026 05:56AM
"Began the preliminary meditations this morning. Orwell was right - To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." — Jun 22, 2026 05:56AM
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""The world, as you know experience it, is a simulation running inside your skull, a waking dream."
Man, Mage: The Ascension prepped me for so much in life." — Jun 15, 2026 04:42PM
""The world, as you know experience it, is a simulation running inside your skull, a waking dream."
Man, Mage: The Ascension prepped me for so much in life." — Jun 15, 2026 04:42PM
There is no need to be worried by facetious people who try to make the Christian hope of ‘Heaven’ ridiculous by saying they do not want ‘to spend eternity playing harps’. The answer to such people is that if they cannot understand books
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“Here is my final point...About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography...What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, or take into my body as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet? And for those who are having a little moral dilemma in your head about how to answer that question, I'll answer it for you. NONE of your fucking business. Take that to the bank, cash it, and go fucking on a vacation out of my life.”
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“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― The Gunslinger
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― The Gunslinger
“Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
― Farewell, My Lovely
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