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"'It should be noted that if Merewalh was indeed a son of Penda, it is unlikely that he would have been the third son. He was old enough to be given a kingdom in his father's lifetime, whereas Penda left young, possibly not even teenage, sons when he died.'
This author has clearly never played Crusader Kings." — May 19, 2026 01:34PM
"'It should be noted that if Merewalh was indeed a son of Penda, it is unlikely that he would have been the third son. He was old enough to be given a kingdom in his father's lifetime, whereas Penda left young, possibly not even teenage, sons when he died.'
This author has clearly never played Crusader Kings." — May 19, 2026 01:34PM
“There’s nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower. What is terrible is not death but the lives people live or don’t live up until their death. They don’t honor their own lives, they piss on their lives. They shit them away. (...) Most people’s deaths are a sham. There’s nothing left to die.”
― The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
― The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
“I'm tired of the news. I'm tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren't, and deals so simplistically with what's truly appalling. I'm tired of the vitriol. I'm tired of anger. I'm tired of the meanness. I'm tired of selfishness. I'm tired of how we're doing nothing to stop it. I'm tired of how we're encourageing it. I'm tired of the violence that's on it's way, that's coming, that hasn't happened yet. I'm tired of liars. I'm tired of sanctified liars. I'm tired of how those liars have let this happen. I'm tired of having to wonder whether they did it out of stupidity or did it on purpose. I'm tired of lying governments. I'm tired of people not caring whether they're being lied to anymore. I'm tired of being made to feel this fearful.”
― Autumn
― Autumn
“No więc w rok po tym powstaniu w Godżam (...) spotkało mnie osobliwe nieszczęście, gdyż syn mój, Hailu, w tych przygnębiających latach student uniwersytetu, zaczął myśleć. Tak jest, zaczął myśleć, a muszę objaśnić cię, przyjacielu, że myślenie było w tamtych czasach dotkliwą niedogodnością, a nawet kłopotliwą ułomnością i jaśnie wysoki pan w swojej nieustającej trosce o dobro i wygodę podwładnych nigdy nie zaniedbywał starań, aby ich przed tą niedogodnością i ułomnością chronić. Wszak po cóż mieli tracić czas, który powinni oddawać sprawie rozwoju, zakłócać spokój wewnętrzny i nabijać głowy wszelką nieprawomyślnością? Nic przyzwoitego i łagodnego nie mogło wyniknąć z faktu, że ktoś postanowił myśleć albo nieopatrznie i wyzywająco wdał się w towarzystwo tych, którzy myśleli. A taką, niestety, nieostrożność popełnił mój lekkomyślny syn, co jako pierwsza zauważyła moja żona, której instynkt matczyny podpowiedział, że nad naszym domem gromadzą się ciężkie chmury, i która pewnego dnia powiada mi, że chyba Hailu zaczął myśleć, ponieważ wyraźnie posmutniał.”
― The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
― The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
“There was this different quality to the light even only four days past the shortest day; the shift, the reversal, from increase of darkness to increase of light, revealed that a coming back of light was at the heart of midwinter equally as much as the waning of light.”
― Winter
― Winter
“A 'no' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
― The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
― The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
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