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‘“No matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves.”’
“If anything, memories are uninvited relatives that remind you of how you’ve fared in life.”
― Viper in your bosom
― Viper in your bosom
“If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all this, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
“Hinduism’s predicated on the Self as illusion: no NMRs a thousand years ago, no voxel readers. No evidence. And damned if I can see the adaptive advantage of not believing in your own existence; but neurologically it happens to be true.”
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
“the other comes into being. And you will never know it either. A man who knows that he is silent, who knows that he loves, does not know what love is or what silence is.”
― Freedom from the Known
― Freedom from the Known
“To Himself Everyone Is Immortal; He May Know That He Is Going To Die, But He Can Never Know That He Is Dead. —Samuel Butler”
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
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Haruki Murakami's "1Q84"
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