“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.’ ‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
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