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“Those who had nothing substantial to brag about bragged the loudest. Stay silent and ignore the chattering crowd - this was proof you had something real to be proud of.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“Pascals's Wager said that you could choose to believe in God or not, but if you bet wrong on God and didn't live as though as he existed, you were missing out on the infinite wonder of Heaven.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“Oh, natürlich", rief Emma, "einem Mann ist es immer unverständlich, daß eine Frau einen Heiratsantrag ablehnt. Ein Mann bildet sich immer ein, daß eine Frau den ersten besten nimmt, der sie fragt.”
― Emma
― Emma
“You know how some parents, when their kid is cranky, or messing around when it's time to go somewhere - you know how some parents say okay, then, I'm leaving without you! Bye! And they leave the playground, or whereever? They maybe even go a ways down the street until their kid comes crying and running behind them, begging not to be abandoned, promising to be good. My mom was that mom.
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But there are other parents who would never do that to a kid. They would scold the kid, maybe, or coax the kid, or pick the kid up, or even get mad, but they wouldn't threaten to leave a little person they're responsible for.”
― We Fell Apart
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But there are other parents who would never do that to a kid. They would scold the kid, maybe, or coax the kid, or pick the kid up, or even get mad, but they wouldn't threaten to leave a little person they're responsible for.”
― We Fell Apart
“The night sky shouldn't be so dark, If the Universe is endless, then starlight should fill all the empty spaces. Light doesn't stop until it hits a surface - so why the dark spaces? From where we stand on Earth, all we should see is light."
"Maybe the universe isn't limitless, then," Alice had said.
"Or the universe is expanding, And the stars are too young, and all that distant light is still stretching to reach us. And until it does the night lies dark.”
― Katabasis
"Maybe the universe isn't limitless, then," Alice had said.
"Or the universe is expanding, And the stars are too young, and all that distant light is still stretching to reach us. And until it does the night lies dark.”
― Katabasis
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The purpose of this group is to create a list of books about or set during the 1920s and 1930s. This includes fiction and history as well as biographi ...more
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