Lowering our expectations, we are told, is a small price to pay for being protected from terror and totalitarianism.
“APPEAL, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.”
― The Devil's Dictionary
― The Devil's Dictionary
“BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.”
― The Devil's Dictionary
― The Devil's Dictionary
“We’ve outgrown the kind of barbarism that used to bring war into the heart of the high civilizations!”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
“In the night one of them cried out aloud, dreaming. The other one reached his arm out sleepily, muttering reassurance, and the blind warm weight of his touch outweighed all fear.”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
“I have one lifetime, and I will not spend it for greed and profiteering and lies.”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
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