

“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives."
[Turning the Page: The future of reading is backlit and bright, Newsweek Magazine, March 25, 2010]”
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[Turning the Page: The future of reading is backlit and bright, Newsweek Magazine, March 25, 2010]”
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“By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it.”
― The Magician King
― The Magician King

“What he did not know then is that it is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS

“The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.”
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