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“The sad truth is the truth is sad.”
― The Hostile Hospital
― The Hostile Hospital
“Love is never any better than the lover.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Well-read people are less likely to be evil.”
― The Slippery Slope
― The Slippery Slope
“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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