“Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.”
― The Hunt for Red October
― The Hunt for Red October
“I'm traveling 90 kilometers per day as usual, but I only get 37 kilometers closer to Schiaparelli because Pythagoras is a dick.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!” said Hermione. “We didn’t hear stories like that when we were little, we heard ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Cinderella’ —”
“What’s that, an illness?” asked Ron.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“What’s that, an illness?” asked Ron.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“table with the spigot facing toward me. Refills as and when required. Like an alcoholic behind a bar.”
― Personal
― Personal
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