History, Michio believed, was a long series of surprises that seemed inevitable in retrospect.
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
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