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"Really starting to get disgusted with this. Halfway through and no practical information I can use so far. If all the lengthy overexplanations of the Wiccan Rede were left out, it would be a flimsy pamphlet. If it were titled "The Ethics of Shielding for Wiccans" I would NOT have bought it." — Jan 16, 2014 02:25PM
"Really starting to get disgusted with this. Halfway through and no practical information I can use so far. If all the lengthy overexplanations of the Wiccan Rede were left out, it would be a flimsy pamphlet. If it were titled "The Ethics of Shielding for Wiccans" I would NOT have bought it." — Jan 16, 2014 02:25PM
“The rats we met the size of small dogs and they watched us go by like they'd figured out that what People were for was feeding rats.”
― The Virtu
― The Virtu
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
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“If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.”
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“Where shadows dim with shadows mate,
in caverns deep and dark.
Where old books dream of bygone days,
when they were wood and bark...”
― The City of Dreaming Books
in caverns deep and dark.
Where old books dream of bygone days,
when they were wood and bark...”
― The City of Dreaming Books
“The humanities are like the great old Paris Flea Market where, amidst masses of junk, people with a good eye found cast away treasures...They are like a refugee camp where all the geniuses driven out of their jobs and countries by unfriendly regimes are idling.”
― The Closing of the American Mind
― The Closing of the American Mind
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