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☆brooklyn☆
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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love.
— Apr 25, 2025 07:56AM
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☆brooklyn☆
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he felt heavy and earth-bound. He climbed ecstatic mountains and floundered in the rocky darkness between the peaks. He had spurts of bravery but they were bracketed in battens of cowardice.Samuel said that Tom was quavering over greatness, trying to decide whether he could take the cold responsibility
— Apr 13, 2025 08:12AM
☆brooklyn☆
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on church:
“they brought music—maybe not the best, but the form and sense of it. And they brought conscience, or, rather, nudged the dozing conscience. They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt. And any man could make something pretty fine of it within himself”
— Apr 01, 2025 06:33PM
“they brought music—maybe not the best, but the form and sense of it. And they brought conscience, or, rather, nudged the dozing conscience. They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt. And any man could make something pretty fine of it within himself”
☆brooklyn☆
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On religion:
“they brought music—maybe not the best, but the form and sense of it. And they brought conscience, or, rather, nudged the dozing conscience. They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt. And any man could make something pretty fine of it within himself”
— Apr 01, 2025 06:32PM
“they brought music—maybe not the best, but the form and sense of it. And they brought conscience, or, rather, nudged the dozing conscience. They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt. And any man could make something pretty fine of it within himself”
☆brooklyn☆
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On the propaganda of war:
“The humilities are piled on a soldier, so Cyrus said, in order that he may, when the time comes, be not too resentful of the final humility—a meaningless and dirty death.”
“he was being trained as a sacrifice… the way victims intended to the gods were cuddled and flattered so that they might go happily to the stone and not outrage the gods with unhappiness”
— Mar 25, 2025 08:36AM
“The humilities are piled on a soldier, so Cyrus said, in order that he may, when the time comes, be not too resentful of the final humility—a meaningless and dirty death.”
“he was being trained as a sacrifice… the way victims intended to the gods were cuddled and flattered so that they might go happily to the stone and not outrage the gods with unhappiness”
☆brooklyn☆
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“I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape”
interesting paradox for the autofiction writer
— Mar 22, 2025 08:45AM
interesting paradox for the autofiction writer
