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“Belief is the wound that knowledge heals.”
― The Telling
― The Telling
“Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“I don't want comfort. I want poetry. I want danger. I want freedom. I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
Animal Farm Readalong #AnimalFarmReadalong
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Think Galactic
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metawhores
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hot people book recommedations, discussion, monthly book reads and all round funsies we'll read anything from literary fiction to non-fiction to whate ...more
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