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it was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them. His father said it was hope that made people feel this, not dread. People talked of the end
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“Time seems as though it will go on forever, but it doesn’t. You cannot relive a single day. You can retrace the steps in the grand staircase, but you cannot retrace the steps you take in life. You get one shot at this, and only one.”
― Shadows
― Shadows
“When lies are believed, there is no truth.”
― Shadows
― Shadows
“Mark Twain said the same thing better: “Heaven for climate; hell for society.”
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
“Rules are a feeble attempt at enforcing unity.” “Rules give us life,” she said, reciting a line she’d heard from the Order. “Without them, anarchy would destroy us.” “Would it?” he asked. “Selfishness might destroy us, but not lawlessness. And selfishness is always there. Selfishness reigns whether there are rules or not. The only reason for rules is to suppress our selfish nature. Freedom allows us to surpass that nature, allowing us to be better than ourselves, to stop being selfish. We don’t need rules. We need choice.”
― Shadows
― Shadows
Kristen’s 2025 Year in Books
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