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“I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom, and then see what they will do to one another.”
― Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

tags: foreshadowing

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“That little spark of life, if I should do my duty, should be fanned into a flame, whose light should blaze across the world, and bless, and brighten it.”
― Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

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“A very dangerous principle is now being established as a social right: Thou shalt not hurt others with words.”
― Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

tags: free-speech, social-justice

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“And, most precious of all, you will have Time—that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

tags: wisdom

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“And as if blowing it up, flooding it, and keeping it behind the klyon wasn't enough, State Security special forces patrolled the area until 1989. Some locals say there was an additional 'live fence' of thousands of vipers specially bred for this purpose by Uzbeks along the southern Black Sea, under something called decree number 56. Why Uzbeks? Why vipers? Did decree 56 read: 'Let us fulfil the five-year snake plan in one year'?”
― Kapka Kassabova, Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

tags: black-sea, bulgaria, conspiracy-theory, funny, uzbekistan

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