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“Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat- and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going.”
― The Jungle
― The Jungle
“I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“The devil fetch ya, ya ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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