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“Monsters exist,” wrote Primo Levi of his experience at Auschwitz. “But they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are . . . the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”
― King Leopold's Ghost
― King Leopold's Ghost
“Why do you need to gallop while you fly?"
"Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.”
― The Last Olympian
"Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.”
― The Last Olympian
“I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.”
― Alice in Wonderland
― Alice in Wonderland
“Furthermore, unlike many other great predators of history, from Genghis Khan to the Spanish conquistadors, King Leopold II never saw a drop of blood spilled in anger. He never set foot in the Congo. There is something very modern about that, too, as there is about the bomber pilot in the stratosphere, above the clouds, who never hears screams or sees shattered homes or torn flesh.”
― King Leopold's Ghost
― King Leopold's Ghost
“A man can never miss chlamydia”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
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