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Prophet Song
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William2 William2 said: " Propulsive.

Too canny.

Is it also prescient?

The future is uncertain
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Inventing Japan: ...
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William2 William2 said: " A very snappy review of the essence of modern Japan. A good introduction or primer. "

 
Culture and Imper...
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William2 William2 said: " This is a book to be pondered. Its core is post-colonial politics and comparative literature. It is intellectually dense and calls out for ongoing consideration while reading. Author Said was no stylist, but a very brilliant man whose grasp of a vast ...more "

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“Silence is so accurate.”
Mark Rothko

Edgar Allan Poe
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
Edgar Allan Poe

Philip Roth
“And as Lindbergh's election couldn't have made clearer to me, the unfolding of the unforeseen was everything. Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as "History," harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.”
Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

Samuel Johnson
“My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly.”
Samuel Johnson, The Life of Johnson, Vol 4

Mahatma Gandhi
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

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