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What does a scanner see? he asked himself. I mean, really see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does a passive infrared scanner like they used to use or a cube-type holo-scanner like they use these days, the latest thing, see into me - into us - clearly or darkly? I hope it does, he thought, see clearly, because I can't any longer these days see into myself. I see only murk. Murk outside; murk inside. I hope, for everyone's sake, the scanners do better. Because, he thought, if the scanner... Philip K. Dick
No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent. Emile M. Cioran
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that the bulk of the public expenditure of most civilized Governments consists in payment for past wars or preparation for future wars, the man who lends his money to a Government is in the same position as the bad men in Shakespeare who hire murderers. The net result of the man's economical habits is to increase the armed forces of the State to which he lends his savings. Obviously it would... Bertrand Russell
Graham Greene quote: "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble..."
I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. Graham Greene
How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” “The more you can distract yourself the better, ” he says. “First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then take mine. Suzanne Collins
The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. Raymond Chandler
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Do you feel better?' he asked. 'I feel fine,' she said...."
Do you feel better?' he asked. 'I feel fine,' she said. 'There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine. Ernest Hemingway
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it..."
but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. Arthur Conan Doyle
Edward Albee quote: "Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested."
Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. Edward Albee
Patrick Marber quote: "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her..."
Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do. Patrick Marber
What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better. Umberto Eco
The world was incomprehensibly intricate, and yet this forest made a simple sense in her heart that she felt nowhere else.[S]he wanted only her own strawberry farm, the fragrance of the fields and the cedar trees, and to live simply in this place forever.[S]he had fallen into loving him long before she knew herself, though it occurred to her now that she might never know herself, that perhaps no one ever does, that such a thing might not be possible.[Y]ou should learn to say nothing that will... David Guterson
Orison Swett Marden quote: "A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and..."
A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us. Orison Swett Marden
Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to. Joel Osteen
doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. Barack Obama

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