Competent readers never let their minds fall into the default mode. They read with purpose and intention.
“You don’t have the power to control the people, situations, and circumstances around you. You only have the power to control yourself.”
― Declare War on Yourself: How to Get Your Act Together and Fix Your Life
― Declare War on Yourself: How to Get Your Act Together and Fix Your Life
“You mean old books?"
"Stories written before space travel but about space travel."
"How could there have been stories about space travel before --"
"The writers," Pris said, "made it up.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Stories written before space travel but about space travel."
"How could there have been stories about space travel before --"
"The writers," Pris said, "made it up.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
― Dune
― Dune
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