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“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
― The Admirable Crichton
― The Admirable Crichton
“Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years and allowed readers to catch up.”
― A Ladder to the Sky
― A Ladder to the Sky
“Reader's Bill of Rights
1. The right to not read
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4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
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1. The right to not read
2. The right to skip pages
3. The right to not finish
4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
6. The right to escapism
7. The right to read anywhere
8. The right to browse
9. The right to read out loud
10. The right to not defend your tastes”
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“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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“Tell them they can be great someday, like us. Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them. Tell them they must earn the respect which everyone else receives by default. Tell them there is a standard for acceptance; that standard is simply perfection. Kill those who scoff at those contradictions, and tell the rest that the dead deserved annihilation for their weakness and doubt. Then they'll break themselves trying for what they'll never achieve”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
Dickensians!
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