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Universal Harvester

by John Darnielle (Goodreads Author)

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The Harafish

by Naguib Mahfouz

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The Bright Sword

by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)

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“Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: big-bang, universe

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“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: belief, delusions, faith, insanity

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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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