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“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.”
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“I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard.”
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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“It was like murdering two of your children. I try to make the readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?”
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Valpo CORE grads
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This is for anyone that went to VU and went through the freshmen CORE program. This is just a group to share books you feel could be included, or remi ...more
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