“The time drags and the days plod past, lulling us into thinking that the doom we fear will always so delay. Then, abruptly, the dark days we have all predicted are upon us, and the time when we could have turned dire fate aside has passed. How old must I be before I learn? There is no time; there is never any time. Tomorrow may never come, but todays are linked inexorably in a chain, and now is always the only time we have to divert disaster.”
― Mad Ship
― Mad Ship
“You couldn’t spell obligation if I shoved the letters up your ass.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“You couldn’t spell obligation if I shoved the letters up your ass.” “I gotta say, I don’t think that would help,” said Gideon. “God, I’m glad you didn’t teach me my spelling.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“someone must suffer, if the rest are to enjoy luxury.”
― The Stone Sky
― The Stone Sky
“The distinction between two selves is applied to the measurement of well-being, where we find again that what makes the experiencing self happy is not quite the same as what satisfies the remembering self. How two selves within a single body can pursue happiness raises some difficult questions, both for individuals and for societies that view the well-being of the population as a policy objective.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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