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Human Acts
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The alternation in the original between words whose meanings shade from “corpse” or “dead body” to “dead person” or simply “body” reflects a status of uncertainty reminiscent of Antigone. In the Korean context, such issues can also be
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“How many generations of women had delayed their greatness only to have time extinguish it completely? How many women had run out of time while the men didn’t know what to do with theirs? And what a mean trick to call such things holy or selfless. How evil to praise women for giving up each and every dream.”
― Nightbitch
― Nightbitch
“Again, I know in the telling it sounds like I was on top of this situation but really, I was still just thinking, Oh shit oh shit oh shit.”
― Rogue Protocol
― Rogue Protocol
“He was not above calling a book unreadable. But their literary merit wasn’t important at this moment. They were words strung together to represent the firing of neurons and the transferring of information through synapses. They were human minds set into paper, and Sebastian loved every single one of them, even the ones he found disposable.”
― Kill Creek
― Kill Creek
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Established on 25 December 2022, the club serves as brain stimulation as well as brain rot. This is where readers have full liberty of expression and ...more
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