772 books
—
3,250 voters
“I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“Both for practical reasons and for mathematically verifiable moral reasons, authority and responsibility must be equal - else a balancing takes place as surely as current flows between points of unequal potential. To permit irresponsible authority is to sow disaster; to hold a man responsible for anything he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy. The unlimited democracies were unstable because their citizens were not responsible for the fashion in which they exerted their sovereign authority... other than through the tragic logic of history... No attempt was made to determine whether a voter was socially responsible to the extent of his literally unlimited authority. If he voted the impossible, the disastrous possible happened instead - and responsibility was then forced on him willy-nilly and destroyed both him and his foundationless temple.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.”
― Farnham's Freehold
― Farnham's Freehold
Morten’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Morten’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Morten
Lists liked by Morten



















