“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― 1984
― 1984
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“[And there was the matter of Dick Turpin. It looked like the same car, except that forever afterwards it seemed able to do 250 miles on a gallon of petrol, ran so quietly that you practically had to put your mouth over the exhaust pipe to see if the engine was firing , and issued its voice-synthesized warnings in a series of exquisite and perfectly-phrased haikus, each one original and apt...
Late frost burns the bloom
Would a fool not let the belt
Restrain the body?
...it would say. And,
The cherry blossom
Tumbles from the highest tree
One needs more petrol]”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Late frost burns the bloom
Would a fool not let the belt
Restrain the body?
...it would say. And,
The cherry blossom
Tumbles from the highest tree
One needs more petrol]”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“Hier steht, dass jede Erleuchtung mit dem Putzen des Bodens beginnt und endet", sagte er, "wusstest du das?"
"Das wusste ich nicht", sagte Selma, "aber ich hatte es gehofft.”
― Was man von hier aus sehen kann
"Das wusste ich nicht", sagte Selma, "aber ich hatte es gehofft.”
― Was man von hier aus sehen kann
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