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I think everyone should read this, regardless of orientation. Really insightful book on sex and relationship, and that we should be talking to each other more about expectations rather than having all sorts of assumption around it.
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There was that word again. Prove. Prove your loyalty. Prove your worth. What kind of man was Jager that he insisted everyone prove that they had a right to exist in his realm? Couldn’t people just be allowed to be?
“he would now have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whaterver a body is not obliged to do. And this would help him to understand why construcing artificial flowers or performing on a tread-mill, is work, whilst rolling nine-pins or climbing Mont Blanc is only amusement. There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were offered wages for the service that would turn it into work, then they would resign.”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Demons run when a good man goes to war
Night will fall and drown the sun
When a good man goes to war
Friendship dies and true love lies
Night will fall and the dark will rise
When a good man goes to war
Demons run, but count the cost
The battle's won, but the child is lost”
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Night will fall and drown the sun
When a good man goes to war
Friendship dies and true love lies
Night will fall and the dark will rise
When a good man goes to war
Demons run, but count the cost
The battle's won, but the child is lost”
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“Don’t set yourself on fire trying to keep others warm.”
― Beard in Mind
― Beard in Mind
“As the amount of code in a project grows, it gradually surpasses understanding. The amount of time it takes to figure out what to change just keeps increasing.”
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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