Lily Coady

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — ARTHUR C. CLARKE Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. — GREGORY BENFORD The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent. — MARK TWAIN There are no turtles anywhere. — PONDER STIBBONS”
― Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld

“Darwin’s theory of evolution explains how lower lifeforms can evolve into higher ones, which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian, since there is no higher life form than a librarian).”
― Terry Pratchett, The Science Of Discworld

“The problem with Gen Z is that they’ve set up this moral standard that they can’t even live up to! They’re starting to realise that as they’re getting into their mid-20s. When you’re an idealistic 18 or 19-year-old, sure! But you will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you. No one’s fooling anybody.”
― Matty Healy

“Reading in no way obliges us to understand.”
― Jacques Lacan, On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore