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But Dodalk is a fool — if we are but players in a dream of his Great Nothingness, then that is Something, is it not? The dream is real to us — it is therefore our reality, and not illusion. The idea of Nothingness begetting Somethingness is
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― Books and You
― Books and You
“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
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“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
[Thoughts on Various Subjects]”
― Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays
[Thoughts on Various Subjects]”
― Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays
“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
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“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
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