#pg

I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visable.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible. ↗

— R. Scott Bakker

#fear #ignorance #pg- #men

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#travel

What have I earned from you, Valek? Loyalty? Respect? Trust?" "You have my attention. But give me what I want, and you can have everything. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#respect

Why didn’t you wake me up?' 'I thought you could use the rest. Besides, you were sleeping like the dead. You even drooled,' he added. 'On my shirt.' Clary‘s hand flew to her mouth. 'Sorry.' 'Its not often you get to see someone drool,' Jace observed. 'Especially with such total abandon. Mouth wide open and everything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#observation

Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to suggest, irresistibly, that they had evolved and dispersed from the site of their evolution? ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#atheist #creator #evolution #god #noremorse

Its three in the morning,' she noted with dismay. 'Do you think Simon’s all right?' 'I think he‘s weird, actually,' said Jace. 'Though that has little to do with time. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#pg- #weird

I think, therefore I am, dangerous. ↗

— D.A. Hanks

#totalitarianism

Grandmother," Ruth admonished. "I would not have a man who could not at least understand me." "And it looks like you might have finally fond one, heaven be praised." Ruth began to grow irritated. "Grandmother, I wish you would have more faith in me." "I do, dear; it's the men I worry about. ↗

— Debbie Viguié

#faith

We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#decide #lets #modern #think #upgrade

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers. ↗

— Robert Trout

#current #generate #level #meet #must