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“Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

“But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his elements, and we distrusted him.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“He walked with just such a limp as I have seen in footsore tramps.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“The Australian is forcefully loquacious, until the moment of expressing any emotion. He is aggressively committed to equality and equal-opportunity for all men, except for black Australians. He has high assurance in anything he does combined with a gnawing lack of confidence in anything he thinks.”
― Robin Boyd, The Australian Ugliness