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"...i hate everything about this book.. other than the writing.. its probably going to be 4-stars.. still hate it" — Apr 08, 2026 08:52AM
"...i hate everything about this book.. other than the writing.. its probably going to be 4-stars.. still hate it" — Apr 08, 2026 08:52AM
“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“Orwell was almost exactly wrong in a strange way. He thought the world would end with Big Brother watching us, but it ended with us watching Big Brother.”
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“And since he cannot spend and use aright
The little time here given him in trust,
But wasteth it in weary undelight
Of foolish toil and trouble, strife and lust,
He naturally claimeth to inherit
The everlasting Future, that his merit
May have full scope; as surely is most just.”
― The City of Dreadful Night
The little time here given him in trust,
But wasteth it in weary undelight
Of foolish toil and trouble, strife and lust,
He naturally claimeth to inherit
The everlasting Future, that his merit
May have full scope; as surely is most just.”
― The City of Dreadful Night
“Yes. But he brought this great matter to a successful conclusion.’ – That means something, but not enough; for we rightly accept the maxim which says that plans must not be judged by results.”
― On Friendship
― On Friendship
“..or that he is a talker of idle words of folly or of villainy ..also when he promises or assures to do things that he can not perform; also when that he by frivolity or folly slanders or scorns his neighbor; also when he has any wicked suspicion of thing where he knows of it no truthfulness: these things, and more without number, are sins”
― The Canterbury Tales
― The Canterbury Tales
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