Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and re-planted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil.
“I like to be near water whenever possible, don’t you?” he said, gazing into the dark. “Melville put it best: ‘Nothing will content men but the extremest limit of the land’—but that’s not it, I can’t recall the quote. It’s in our nature to seek out the edge. Even on a golf course”
― Manhattan Beach
― Manhattan Beach
“The best possible outcome of marriage was a wealthy, childless widowhood.”
― Manhattan Beach
― Manhattan Beach
“Everything about our online personas is filtered through our avatars, which allows us to control how we look and sound to others. The OASIS lets you be whoever you want to be. That’s why everyone is addicted to it.”
― Ready Player One
― Ready Player One
“That was what saved me, I think. Suddenly I’d found something worth doing. A dream worth chasing. For the last five years, the Hunt had given me a goal and purpose. A quest to fulfill. A reason to get up in the morning. Something to look forward to.”
― Ready Player One
― Ready Player One
“Trouble is,” Mr. Q. breathed, “you open a channel . . . now it exists. Hard to regulate what . . . passes through or . . . what direction it . . . moves.”
Dexter said nothing. What the hell was he getting at?
“This may be your . . . blind spot.”
― Manhattan Beach
Dexter said nothing. What the hell was he getting at?
“This may be your . . . blind spot.”
― Manhattan Beach
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