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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly,
“A life lived entirely at the whim of another is no life at all.”
― Children of Time
― Children of Time
“Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“Why do I get the feeling, interjected Cheops, that shit and fan are moving into conjunction, and that we might be in the way?”
― The Technician
― The Technician
“But I was also one of those unfortunate cases who could not help but wonder whether my need for American charity was due to my having first been the recipient of American aid.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact.”
― 1984
― 1984
Mark Shurville’s 2025 Year in Books
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