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When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can’t, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere and leave the door open.
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
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