“The product here is not so much books as that goal of ten thousand years of history, the thing the human brain craves above all else and nature will die refusing to give: convenience. Ease is the disease ...”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“He that knows all that Learning ever writ, knows only this—that he knows nothing yet.’ ”]·”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“You can teach a viper to eat from your hands, but you cannot take away how much it likes to bite.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Without constructs, you will unravel few mysteries. Without knowledge of the mysteries, your constructs will fail. These pursuits are what make us, but without comfort, you will lack the strength to sustain either.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“That’s the job of consciousness, to turn Now into Always, to mistake what is for what was meant to be.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
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