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In some parts of the world dawn arrives with rosy fingers, to smoothe away the creases left by night. But on Aldersgate Street, in the London borough of Finsbury, it comes wearing safecracker’s gloves, so as not to leave prints on
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“The axles of corruption are greased with donut glaze.”
― The Shining Girls
― The Shining Girls
“Every belief will be outgrown, in time. The first lesson of the universe is to never reason from only a single instance. Unless you only have one instance. In which case: find another.”
― Bewilderment
― Bewilderment
“George Orwell wrote, “Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.”
― Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
― Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
“I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand— … While I weep—while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?”
― The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
― The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
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