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""purpose of philosophy" is fascinating and reasonably welcoming to the non-professional philosopher. the essay following on verification is a swamp of technical vocabulary oh my god." — Jun 11, 2013 07:00PM
""purpose of philosophy" is fascinating and reasonably welcoming to the non-professional philosopher. the essay following on verification is a swamp of technical vocabulary oh my god." — Jun 11, 2013 07:00PM
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"The first three chapters were amazing -- themed history is the BEST -- but the chapter on royal & elite women was a little mushy on its definitions of "royal" and "elite", which would've helped, I think." — Oct 22, 2012 11:21AM
"The first three chapters were amazing -- themed history is the BEST -- but the chapter on royal & elite women was a little mushy on its definitions of "royal" and "elite", which would've helped, I think." — Oct 22, 2012 11:21AM
“Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right.”
― Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
― Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
“Please come back soon. The window is always open.”
― Code Name Verity
― Code Name Verity
“What is an adjective? Nouns name the world. Verbs activate the names. Adjectives come from somewhere else. The word adjective (epitheton in Greek) is itself an adjective meaning 'placed on top', 'added', 'appended', 'foreign'. Adjectives seem fairly innocent additions, but look again. These small imported mechanisms are in charge of attaching everything in the world to its place in particularity. They are the latches of being.”
― Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
― Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
“I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.”
― Code Name Verity
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.”
― Code Name Verity
“But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”
― Code Name Verity
― Code Name Verity
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