“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general glut of bad news over which we, as citizens, have so little control.”
― My Year of Meats
― My Year of Meats
“I would like to think of my 'ignorance' less as a personal failing and more as a massive cultural trend, an example of doubling, of psychic numbing, that characterizes the end of the millennium. If we can’t act on knowledge, then we can’t survive without ignorance.”
― My Year of Meats
― My Year of Meats
“What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"
"Six by nine. Forty two."
"That's it. That's all there is."
"I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"Six by nine. Forty two."
"That's it. That's all there is."
"I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.”
― Handsome Harry
― Handsome Harry
“Ignorance.” In this root sense, ignorance is an act of will, a choice that one makes over and over again, especially when information overwhelms and knowledge has become synonymous with impotence.”
― My Year of Meats
― My Year of Meats
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