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Andrew Nagy

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Andrew’s favorite books

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Andrew’s Quotes

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

tags: corruption, government, ideology, magnetism, mythology, politics, power, religion, science-fiction

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“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient”
― Marilynne Robinson

tags: mindfulness, suicide

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“The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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“I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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