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There is something that has always puzzled me about technological revolutions. Some new idea or innovation comes along, and it is obvious to all that it will upend our world. The internet. Social media. In previous generations, it was the
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“All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath.”
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“People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are.”
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“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
― The Everlasting Man
― The Everlasting Man
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
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