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"“It is true, therefore, that prosperity can reward the very worst conduct, and that in the very midst of corruption and disorder life can be filled with all that men call happiness; that the example of misfortune everywhere pursuing virtue, and which we shall presently offer to our reader, does not torment honest people any the more.”" — 4 hours, 22 min ago
"“It is true, therefore, that prosperity can reward the very worst conduct, and that in the very midst of corruption and disorder life can be filled with all that men call happiness; that the example of misfortune everywhere pursuing virtue, and which we shall presently offer to our reader, does not torment honest people any the more.”" — 4 hours, 22 min ago
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"Exponentially improving information technology is a rising tide that lifts all the boats of the human condition. And we are now about to enter the period when this tide surges upward as never before. The key to this is artificial intelligence, which is now allowing us to turn many kinds of linearly advancing tech into exponential information technology—from agriculture and medicine to manufacturing and land use." — Dec 26, 2025 03:58PM
"Exponentially improving information technology is a rising tide that lifts all the boats of the human condition. And we are now about to enter the period when this tide surges upward as never before. The key to this is artificial intelligence, which is now allowing us to turn many kinds of linearly advancing tech into exponential information technology—from agriculture and medicine to manufacturing and land use." — Dec 26, 2025 03:58PM
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"“…[R]e-encountering someone you loved once and realizing that the effort of forgetting, condemning and turning bitter has had very little effect. But are you falling in love with the person or are you falling for the past, your own passage in time, and the mere idea of love? When you look at an old movie do you really re-examine it…? [O]r are you falling in line with a version of yourself and your pleasure?”" — Oct 26, 2025 04:10PM
"“…[R]e-encountering someone you loved once and realizing that the effort of forgetting, condemning and turning bitter has had very little effect. But are you falling in love with the person or are you falling for the past, your own passage in time, and the mere idea of love? When you look at an old movie do you really re-examine it…? [O]r are you falling in line with a version of yourself and your pleasure?”" — Oct 26, 2025 04:10PM
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
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“Just being is the main thing. Anything else is extra.”
― The City of Trembling Leaves
― The City of Trembling Leaves
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