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"Ok, so I really like this book but haven’t studied it for ages.
New Year’s resolution is to finish it as soon as I’m done with HSK1." — Jan 01, 2026 08:27AM
"Ok, so I really like this book but haven’t studied it for ages.
New Year’s resolution is to finish it as soon as I’m done with HSK1." — Jan 01, 2026 08:27AM
“There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.”
― Army GI, Pacifist CO: The World War II Letters of Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich
― Army GI, Pacifist CO: The World War II Letters of Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
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“God made mud.
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!"
"See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the
sky, the stars."
And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look
around.
Lucky me, lucky mud.
I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done.
Nice going, God.
Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly
couldn't have.
I feel very unimportant compared to You.
The only way I can feel the least bit important is to
think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and
look around.
I got so much, and most mud got so little.
Thank you for the honor!
Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep.
What memories for mud to have!
What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met!
I loved everything I saw!
Good night.
I will go to heaven now.
I can hardly wait...
To find out for certain what my wampeter was...
And who was in my karass...
And all the good things our karass did for you.
Amen.”
― Cat’s Cradle
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!"
"See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the
sky, the stars."
And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look
around.
Lucky me, lucky mud.
I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done.
Nice going, God.
Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly
couldn't have.
I feel very unimportant compared to You.
The only way I can feel the least bit important is to
think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and
look around.
I got so much, and most mud got so little.
Thank you for the honor!
Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep.
What memories for mud to have!
What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met!
I loved everything I saw!
Good night.
I will go to heaven now.
I can hardly wait...
To find out for certain what my wampeter was...
And who was in my karass...
And all the good things our karass did for you.
Amen.”
― Cat’s Cradle
“The human spirit glows from that small inner light of doubt whether we are right, while those who believe with certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world outside with cruelty, pain, and injustice.”
― Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
― Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
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