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And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.


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I guess my life hasn’t always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else they’ll break my heart.



Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.

Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.



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It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.



Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena.

Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena.




The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.

The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.



The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.



Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.



Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.



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What wounded veteran's don't need is sympathy. THey need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.



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How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle?



Since our peace lies in loving as God loves, we must strive to love everyone. The only love that completes us is the love of God, and the love of God is the love of everyone.

Since our peace lies in loving as God loves, we must strive to love everyone. The only love that completes us is the love of God, and the love of God is the love of everyone.



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Oppressors in front of the Lord, truth be told shall inherit oppression, while others receive gold.



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You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.

You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.




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