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How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting. (Dave Eggers)
Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light. View quote
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We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun. View quote
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Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation. View quote
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I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian. View quote
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Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane. View quote
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He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith? View quote
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When there is pleasure, there is often abandon, and mistakes are made. View quote
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This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book. The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable. View quote
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Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It's just not my thing anymore. View quote
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We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to. (Dave Eggers)
I hung up the phone, jubilant, and threw myself into a wall, then pretended to be getting electrocuted. I do this when I'm very happy. View quote
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The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do. View quote
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You and yours at the Circle, you're gonna save all the souls. You're gonna get everyone in one place, you're gonna teach them all the same things. There can only be one morality, one set of rules. Imagine! Now all humans will have the eyes of God. You know this passage? 'All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of God.' Something like that. You know your Bible? Now we're all God. Every one of us will soon be able to see, and cast judgment upon, every other. We'll see what He sees. We'll articulate His judgment. We'll channel His wrath and deliver His forgiveness. On a constant and global level. All religion has been waiting for this, when every human is a direct and immediate messenger of God's will. Do you see what I'm saying? View quote
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Listen John-' ‘Who's John?' ‘You're John.' ‘I'm John?' ‘Yeah, I changed your name. View quote
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Mr. Churchill you were given a mission. - Yes - I want to have been given your mission. I want your place in world events, the centrality of it. You were born in the cradle of a catapult! - You are wrong. I found my mission. - I disagree. - If you must. - Tell me: where is my mission? Where are my bunkers and trenches, my goddamn Gallipoli? View quote
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Under the guise of having every voice heard, you create mob rule, a filterless society where secrets are crimes. View quote
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I was a looker someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back- always everyone looking forward, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look over at you? Why would they care? View quote
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Ooh, look at me, I'm Dave, I'm writing a book! With all my thoughts in it. La la la! View quote
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What are we allowed to do when we're looking for things we're required to do? View quote
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First of all: I am tired. I am true of heart! And also: You are tired. You are true of heart! (Dave Eggers)
It was not knowing that was the seed of madness, loneliness, fear. But there were ways to solve all this. Clarity had made her knowable to the world, and had made her better, had brought her close, she hoped, to perfection. Now the world would follow. Full transparency would bring full access, and there would be no more not-knowing. Mae smiled, thinking about how simple it all was, how pure. Bailey shared her smile. View quote
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I am sorry Chris is late this morning. I could make something up about an appointment or a sickness, but the fact is that we woke up late. Go figure Best, Brother of Toph. View quote
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Hand took a breath and opened his palms, as if accepting the gift of rain. "YOU SHALL KNOW OUR VELOCITY!" he bellowed into the cold exhausted city. View quote
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We're best at the long high throws. Like when you take four or five steps and rip it- It's almost like a shotput approach, the steps, four or five quick, one over the other, kind of sideways-like-and then you slash away with that fucker, it's such a violent act, throwing that white thing, you're first cradling it to your breast and then you whip that fucker as hard as you can while keeping it level, keeping it straight, but otherwise with everything you can send with it you whip that fucker like it had blades on it and you wanted it to cut straight through the paperblue sky like a screen, rip through it and have it be blood and back space beyond. View quote
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