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“Our lives are so brief and unimportant. The cosmos cares nothing for us. For what we've done; Had we wrought evil instead of good. Had I chosen to abuse the Apple instead of seal it away. None of it would have mattered. There is no counting. No reckoning. No final judgement. There is simply silence. And darkness. Utter and absolute...
-Altair”
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-Altair”
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“They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“There is a line in everything which it is dangerous to overstep; and when it has been overstepped, there is no return.”
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“The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: "I feed on your energy.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“Ezio Auditore Da Firenze:
Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
Sofia Sartor:
That is rather cynical.
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze:
It would be if it were doctrine. But it is merely an observation on the nature of reality. To say that nothing is true is to realise that the foundations of society are fragile and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.”
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Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
Sofia Sartor:
That is rather cynical.
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze:
It would be if it were doctrine. But it is merely an observation on the nature of reality. To say that nothing is true is to realise that the foundations of society are fragile and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.”
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Karol’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karol’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
294 books
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21 friends
25 books
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629 books
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305 books
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133 books
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131 books
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2 books
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110 books
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