Sign in with Facebook
“The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.”
― The Blue Cross: A Father Brown Mystery
― The Blue Cross: A Father Brown Mystery
“The Party denied the free will of the individual - and at the same
time it exacted his willing self-sacrifice. It denied his capacity to
choose between two alternatives - and at the same time it demanded that he
should constantly choose the right one. It denied his power to distinguish
good and evil - and at the same time spoke pathetically of guilt and
treachery. The individual stood under the sign of economic fatality, a
wheel in a clockwork which had been wound up for all eternity and could
not be stopped or influenced - and the Party demanded that the wheel
should revolt against the clockwork and change its course. There was
somewhere an error in the calculation; the equation did not work out.”
― Darkness at Noon
time it exacted his willing self-sacrifice. It denied his capacity to
choose between two alternatives - and at the same time it demanded that he
should constantly choose the right one. It denied his power to distinguish
good and evil - and at the same time spoke pathetically of guilt and
treachery. The individual stood under the sign of economic fatality, a
wheel in a clockwork which had been wound up for all eternity and could
not be stopped or influenced - and the Party demanded that the wheel
should revolt against the clockwork and change its course. There was
somewhere an error in the calculation; the equation did not work out.”
― Darkness at Noon
“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.”
―
―
“A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.”
― The Children of Men
― The Children of Men
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
Troy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Troy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,721 books
|
284 friends
684 books
|
180 friends
1,512 books
|
52 friends
669 books
|
561 friends
587 books
|
757 friends
4,494 books
|
814 friends
280 books
|
141 friends
789 books
|
35 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Troy
Lists liked by Troy
