“So always avoid banality. That is, avoid illustrating the author's words and remarks. If you want to create a true masterpiece you must always avoid beautiful lies: the truths on the calender under each date you find a proverb or saying such as: "He who is good to others will be happy." But this is not true. It is a lie. The spectator, perhaps, is content. The spectator likes easy truths. But we are not there to please or pander to the spectator. We are here to tell the truth.”
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“Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction?”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“The real troubles with living is that living is so banal.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“By burning through coal and oil deposits, humans are putting carbon back into the air that has been sequestered for tens—in most cases hundreds—of millions of years. In the process, we are running geologic history not only in reverse but at warp speed.”
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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