You make your choices when you’re far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows.
“Of late, she had felt coldness in herself, and though she feared it, she loved it too, for it made her strong.”
― Deathless
― Deathless
“I was remarkably calm. Calm and fatigued. There would be no violence. It was like a storm coming up. The café chairs are carried inside, the awnings are rolled up, but nothing happens. The storm passes over. And, at the same time, that's too bad. After all, we would all rather see the roofs ripped from the houses, the trees uprooted and tossed through the air; documentaries about tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis have a soothing effect. Of course, it's terrible — we've all been taught to say that we think it's terrible. But a world without disasters and violence — be it the violence of nature of that of muscle and blood — would be a truly unbearable thing.”
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“But if you know about God, why don’t you tell them?' asked the Savage indignantly.
'Why don’t you give them these books about God?'
'For the same reason as we don’t give them Othello: they’re old; they’re about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now.'
'But God doesn’t change.'
'Men do, though.'
'What difference does that make?'
"All the difference in the world,' said Mustapha Mond.”
― Brave New World
'Why don’t you give them these books about God?'
'For the same reason as we don’t give them Othello: they’re old; they’re about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now.'
'But God doesn’t change.'
'Men do, though.'
'What difference does that make?'
"All the difference in the world,' said Mustapha Mond.”
― Brave New World
“Woman, you bray like an ass, and make no more sense."
"Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.”
― A Storm of Swords
"Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.”
― A Storm of Swords
“I'm always so glad,' Sylvie murmured, 'that I don't have to take a turn at being other people.'
'You're very good at being yourself,' Ursula said, aware that it didn't necessarily sound like a compliment.
'Well, I've had years of practice.”
― Life After Life
'You're very good at being yourself,' Ursula said, aware that it didn't necessarily sound like a compliment.
'Well, I've had years of practice.”
― Life After Life
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