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"Probably due to factors of my own life, I have stalled out and put this down each third of the way through. The conceit, the premise, what-have-you, of the imago machines is immensely interesting, so I’m disappointed that it’s not utilized more in the actual moment to moment plot. My feeling is that there is lots of politicking, which can be reduced to conversations and guessing games. Little character agency." — Oct 17, 2025 12:46PM
"Probably due to factors of my own life, I have stalled out and put this down each third of the way through. The conceit, the premise, what-have-you, of the imago machines is immensely interesting, so I’m disappointed that it’s not utilized more in the actual moment to moment plot. My feeling is that there is lots of politicking, which can be reduced to conversations and guessing games. Little character agency." — Oct 17, 2025 12:46PM
“It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Rachel was in a back corner, partly hidden by a shelving cart. “Goddammit, goddammit to hell,” she was saying, as she flung a book down. “Stupid book, stupid, useless, stupid, know-nothing books.” She kicked at the book several more times, and stomped on it for good measure. Then she looked up and saw Carroll and the boy behind him. “Oh,” she said. “You again.” Carroll turned and glared at the boy. “What’s the matter,” he said. “Haven’t you ever seen a librarian at work?”
― Stranger Things Happen
― Stranger Things Happen
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“The roof collapsed, sending down a fresh avalanche of wood and nails, tarpaper and shingles and insulation. There was the sky, filled with flat-topped clouds, cruising like a fleet of anvils across the blue. George had the watery, raw feeling of being outdoors when you are sick. The clouds halted, paused for an instant, and plummeted onto his head.”
― Tinkers
― Tinkers
“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
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