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by Jules Verne
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"...for once not reading my 1924 edition, but a Frederick Paul Walter translation which should be more complete." — Sep 08, 2026 03:26PM
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"...end of Book II. I hope this doesn't go all greek tragedy." — Sep 07, 2026 02:33PM
"...end of Book II. I hope this doesn't go all greek tragedy." — Sep 07, 2026 02:33PM
“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
“we will always be with u. we internalize traits we observe in others as a way to honor and remeber them. we are all living memorials”
― Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
― Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
“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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“That of all the 'oracies (aristocracy and democracy included) hypocrisy is the most flourishing.”
― The Monikins
― The Monikins
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