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There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 23, 2026 04:13PM

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H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by Gou Tanabe

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The Terror

by Dan Simmons

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Mela’s Quotes

“I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass

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“I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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“You see?” said Laurent. “He has forgiven me for the small matter of the whip. I have forgiven him for the small matter of killing my brother. All hail the alliance.”
― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising

tags: black-humor, laurent

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“That is one thing that in all my years among your folk I have never become accustomed to. The great importance that you attach to what gender one is.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

tags: farseer-trilogy, gender, robin-hobb, the-fool

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