THEY TALK OF MY DRINKING BUT NEVER MY THIRST. —Scottish proverb


“We’re only pretending everything is normal because we don’t know what else to do.”
― The Power
― The Power

“the party was a hierarchy; you started at the bottom and moved up one step at a time—school board, city council, state assembly—and then if you had demonstrated lockstep team loyalty, the powers at the top would give you the party endorsement and its aid, and you were good to go. Had been that way for centuries. Outsiders did pop up to express various dissatisfactions, and occasionally some of them even overthrew the order of things and got elected, but then they were ostracized forever by the party and could get nothing done. They just wasted their time and whatever little money could be dredged up to support such quixotic tilts.”
― New York 2140
― New York 2140

“The overstimulated kids were literally bouncing off the walls. Lunar gravity is the worst thing to ever happen to parents.”
― Artemis
― Artemis

“bubbles and Ponzi schemes and capitalism all have to keep growing or else they are in deep shit.”
― New York 2140
― New York 2140
“Brillat-Savarin noted two features that distinguish man from beast: 1. Fear of the future. 2. Desire for fermented liquors.”
― Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
― Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

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