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It was like escaping from a pack of wild dogs. If you acted like prey, you’d become it.
“My plans were vague. I talked liberty to many of my friends and, you know how it is, when one talks liberty everything seems beautifully simple. One expects all gates to open and all walls to fall flat and all voices to shout for joy.”
― Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
― Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
“The result is sometimes an ugly display of old lady bitch slapping.”
― Top Secret Twenty-one
― Top Secret Twenty-one
“There’s a difference between having maturity and being mature. I’m not ready to be mature. I don’t want to see the AARP magazine in my mailbox.”
― Tricky Twenty-Two
― Tricky Twenty-Two
“The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”
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“as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams; issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took. .....”
― Sick Puppy
― Sick Puppy
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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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