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"some very good takes (eugenics bad). also some very insane takes (casual early 20th century racism)" — Nov 13, 2025 02:34PM
"some very good takes (eugenics bad). also some very insane takes (casual early 20th century racism)" — Nov 13, 2025 02:34PM
I think the word “pussy” is pretty intellectually sophisticated. It communicates pretty precisely the meaning I’m looking for.
“When a long, long time later, he stares down at the silent blue marble of the earth and thinks of his sister, as he will at every important moment of his life. He doesn't know this yet, but he senses it deep down in his core. So much will happen, he thinks, that I would want to tell you.”
― Everything I Never Told You
― Everything I Never Told You
“It would disappear forever from her memory of Lydia, the way memories of a lost loved one always smooth and simplify themselves, shedding complexities like scales.”
― Everything I Never Told You
― Everything I Never Told You
“People are not rain or snow or autumn leaves; they do not look beautiful when they fall.”
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“Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this. Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
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