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“[A] country that protects the right to spin fantasy necessarily risks the well-being of those who easily lose themselves to it. Freedom isn't free is a true thing the right used to say, and the costs of freedom of speech are real costs, borne, in part, by those unskilled at sifting fact from fantasy. . .”
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“Were there opinion polls in hell? Probably! And probably one hundred percent of the damned were of the opinion that they should be in heaven, and the results of the polls were published every morning in hell's own newspaper and broadcast on TV, and there were protest rallies organized by demons, and long processions of the damned wailing and singing "We Shall Overcome.”
― The Priest
― The Priest

“[N]obody but Ludditic granola-crunching freaks would call bad what no one can imagine being without.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest

“O foolish man, for God doth detect every nuance of the sick will!”
― Arthur Rex
― Arthur Rex

“Then, in far less time than it takes to tell - - The blip is gone - - But the wonderment begins - -”
― Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer, Vol. 1
― Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer, Vol. 1
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