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"Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects." — Dec 10, 2025 05:42AM
"Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects." — Dec 10, 2025 05:42AM
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”
― Murphy
― Murphy
Marx's Capital Volumes I, II, III (Study Group - 2020 and beyond)
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