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[Kindle clippings] Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

  ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. ‘I don’t much care where–‘ said Alice. ‘Then it doesn’t matter … Continue reading

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[Kindle clippings] God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens

  Is [God] willing to prevent evil but not able? Then is he impotent. Is he able but not willing? Then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil? Human decency is not derived from … Continue reading

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[Kindle clippings] Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver

I shiver, thinking about how easy it is to be totally wrong about people—to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it’s the effect or vice versa. So many … Continue reading

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[Kindle clippings] Delirium trilogy, by Lauren Oliver

  He who leaps for the sky may fall, it’s true. But he may also fly. —Ancient saying, provenance unknown, listed in the Comprehensive Compilation of Dangerous Words and Ideas, www.ccdwi.gov.org “Love, the deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you … Continue reading

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[Kindle clippings] A Dance with the Dragons, by George RR Martin

“The world is one great web, and a man dare not touch a single strand lest all the others tremble.” (Illyrio) “No man is free. Only children and fools think elsewise.” (Tywin Lannister) “The gods are blind. And men see … Continue reading

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[Kindle clippings] A Storm of Swords, by George RR Martin

    “Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.” (Littlefinger) “Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what … Continue reading

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