"But once lied to—where did people start believing again?" – C. J. Cherryh, "Defender"
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"You drink because time passes too slowly and I drink because time flies. This must be why bars don't go out of business." – Kudo Hina ("Mr. Sunshine" by Kim Eun-sook)
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“When you hold any group down, you can’t move either.” — Anonymous
“I don’t attempt [to define foolishness]. I wait for demonstrations. They inevitably surpass my imagination.” – Bren Cameron, "Invader" by C. J. Cherryh, 1995
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🧵 "There are paths we choose and there are paths that choose us. What they mean and where they lead are what keep us moving forward. But there is a price. The future preys on our expectations, our hopes and dreams, our mistakes, and our misplaced trust beyond that, ... /1
"... and people, be they human, be they [alien], always wanted to feel safer than they did, and more in charge of their future than they were."
— "Invader", by C. J. Cherryh, 1995
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"Not because he doesn’t think those morons deserve a proper electric shock. Because they do. But because he knows it’s been awhile since someone reminded him of the difference between being wicked because one has to be or because one can." – Fredrik Backman, 'A Man Called Ove'
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“You know, Wilbur, you can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” — Charlotte (E.B. White)
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“And the room was once again overwhelmed by that silence which can only arise between a woman’s beloved and her father.” — Frederik Backman (“A Man Called Ove”)
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"Maybe to her destiny was 'something'; that was none of his business. But to him, destiny was 'someone.'"– Fredrik Backman "A Man Called Ove"
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There are paths we choose and there are paths that choose us. What they mean and where they lead are what keep us moving forward. But there is a price. The future preys on our expectations, our hopes and dreams, our mistakes, and our misplaced trust... /1
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“Most rivalries are harmless, but they point to a darker tradition. Because we enjoy unity in the face of threat, we seek out enemies, even if we need to manufacture them. Or we let others manufacture them for us.”–Scott Galloway
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Thought For A Time “...what stupid means: someone who harms others without procuring any gain for himself or herself—in contrast to the much more predictable bandit who gains something from harming you. As such, stupid persons can cause a lot of damage—unlike bandits, they have no interest in the survival of the system because they do not benefit from their stupidity.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity” (Foreword) #Quote #ThoughtForATime #ThoughtForTheDay #DejaVu