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“Of course we can establish constitutional checks and balances, but those won’t mean a thing unless citizens make sure the safeguards are taken seriously. The greedy and the power-hungry will always look for ways to break the rules, or twist them to their advantage.”
― David Brin, The Postman

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“Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.”
― Nevil Shute, On the Beach

tags: apocalypse

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“What do you do from morning to night?"

"I endure myself.”
― Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born

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“Life is hell, and the sweet still night of absolute death is the annihilation of hell.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

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“so true it is that pleasure does not depend on extravagance, and that joy is as readily purchased by pence as pounds.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Reveries of the Solitary Walker

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