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“I liked my own company. I wanted pals, but I grew to like my own company. There was me, and there was all yous. I liked that feeling. I still do.”
― Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography
― Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography
“If there was any "sin", it was that these people wanted to keep having a good time forever, and were punished for that, but, as I say, I feel that, if so, the punishment was far too great, and I prefer to think of it only in a Greek or morally neutral way, as mere science, as deterministic impartial cause-and-effect. I loved them all.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“The stupid, smug whims of one unworthy man had left fingerprints on history that weren’t likely to be erased.”
― Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi
― Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi
“It sounds like they’re saying passive life is good, he thought. But there is no such thing as passive life. That’s a contradiction.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“The illusion that the self is separate from the rest of the world is the driving factor that limits our potential. Once you realize there's nothing special about the self, it becomes easier to manipulate.”
― The Rise of Kyoshi
― The Rise of Kyoshi
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