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The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins (Goodreads Author)

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David’s Quotes

“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Herman Hesse

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“I just took [my cancer diagnosis] as bad luck, basically. It did strike me almost immediately, my atheist sort of thing kicked in and I thought "ha, if I was a God-botherer, I'd be thinking, why me God? What have I done to deserve this?" and I thought at least I'm free of that, at least I can simply treat it as bad luck and get on with it.”
― Iain M. Banks

tags: atheism, atheism-and-attitude, bbc, cancer, death

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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

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“Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.”
― Iain Banks

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