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H. P. Lovecraft quote: "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons..."
That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die. H. P. Lovecraft
Nicolas Chamfort quote: "The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one..."
The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. Nicolas Chamfort
We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together. We knew that the girls were our twins, that we all existed in space like animals with identical skins, and that they knew everything about us though we couldn’t fathom them at all. We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to... Jeffrey Eugenides
But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly? Vladimir Lenin
The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to realize that although he originally came from a world which had cars and computers and ballet and Armagnac, he didn't, by himself, know how any of it worked. He couldn't do it. Left to his own devices he couldn't build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it. Douglas Adams
Chinua Achebe quote: "Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very..."
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Chinua Achebe
Edward Abbey quote: "An economic system which can only expand or expire must be..."
An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human. Edward Abbey
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is..."
For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is triumphant when it makes that which was unequal equal in love. Soren Kierkegaard
Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame. Frank Herbert
As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing acid-green robes today; the Quick-Quotes Quill in her hand blended perfectly against them."Congratulations, Harry!' she said beaming at him. "I wonder if you could give me a quick word? How you felt facing that dragon? How do you feel now about the fairness of the scoring?"Yeah, you can have a word," said Harry savagely.... J. K. Rowling
Margaret Mitchell quote: "All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt (. . .)"
All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt (. . .) Margaret Mitchell
Many older physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse---and without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible. Robert A. Heinlein
Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark. Anais Nin
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in..."
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. Alexis de Tocqueville
Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use. Mark Twain

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