The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre," Ford muttered to himself, "and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."
Since Tyrannio has arranged my books, the house seems to have acquired a soul.
[Postea vero quam Tyrannio mini libros disposuit, mens addita videtur meis aedibus.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 4, Letter 8, sec. 2 (4.8.2) (56 BC) [tr. Winstedt (1912)]
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We’re really good at it, Teppic thought. Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human to be really stupid.
(Pyramids)
One has no wish to be devoured by alien monstrosities, even in the cause of political progress.
— One of the Tribunal, in “Carnival of Monsters”
Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then invents DNA or the flute sonata form or a way of making light bulbs wear out in half the time. But most of them miss. Most people go through their lives without being hit by even one.
Some people are even more unfortunate. They get them all.
(Wyrd Sisters)
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There is no timeline on the truth. Unfortunately, there is a timeline on consequences.
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
(Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter Feb 26, 2025)
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The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
-- Oscar Wilde
I was no longer of the opinion that one can simply be a bystander. —Hannah Arendt
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Stephen King's "Books are a uniquely portable magic" as seen by... artificial intelligence #AI #books #quote https://ebookfriendly.com/famous-book-quotes-completed-by-artificial-intelligence/
If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living in truth. —Václav Havel
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You represent a poor investment of my time and energy.
— The Black Guardian, to Turlough, in “Terminus”
How do you judge the actions of people of the past?
I like to approach history with a sense of intellectual curiosity, and while there's some moralizing that can be done, it's not what I mainly learn history for.
The story of the Committee of Public Safety from September 1793 to July 1794 is one such instance. There's of course a common perception that Robespierre and his allies have employed extreme violence to suppress anyone who opposed them.
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江（阅读引用版） quoted 盜書密令: 墨水戰爭1 by Rachel Caine (墨水戰爭, #1)
二〇二五年，圖書館統治世界，人們失去閱讀的自由，偷書甚至比殺人更致命。 知識就是一切（Tota est scientia）！ 【在圖書館統治世界的時空，你必須知道這些規則】 ＊作者完成著作，必須歸檔到亞歷山大總圖書館，無權私自留存。 ＊子圖書館的魔法「空書」可在有人索取該內容時，透過法術暫時出現空書裡。 ＊私下交易書籍及流通手抄本是違法行為，最重可判死刑。 ＊圖書館為中立國家，不介入國與國的戰事。 ＊然而，若有人對書本或圖書館員造成威脅，圖書館有權以一切手段自衛。
世上最大的亞歷山大圖書館成為一方強國，並立下律法，禁止私人藏書與交流。若有誰膽敢作對，圖書館會立刻派出精良軍隊，讓那個人——或是那個國家——消失在世界上。
十七歲的傑斯來自專門走私書籍的家庭。但父親卻交給他一個想也想不到的任務：成為正式的圖書館員，從館內偷出更多藏書！傑斯因而展開了不得已的雙面間諜生活。他不僅時時擔憂身分被同學看穿，更因圖書館冷血無情的做法感到害怕——訓練不到一半，大多同學已遭淘汰；導師沃夫甚至將學生帶到戰場上，讓他們在槍林彈雨中搶救書籍。在自己受到重傷、同學意外死亡的事件後，傑斯再也不確定他有沒有辦法完成父親的任務——他連自己能不能存活到最後一刻，都不知道……
法老也听见了你的请求，希望能让女性在不需他人陪伴的状况下单独进入赛拉潘神殿这样的圣地。法老运用其智慧拒绝了这个请求。因为女性须由更加有智慧的男性指导，才能确保她们不会误解图书馆提供的丰富知识。比起缺乏知识，知识遭到扭曲当然更不理想。 法老与诸神将会赋予这份伟大的作品永恒的喜爱与保护。
本信另有手写注解，由卡勒马科斯亲笔撰文—— 运用智慧个头。竟用这种自大的态度蒙蔽、阻挠世上整整一半的人！我是不会接受这种事的。只要有意愿，女人也应该能在赛拉潘神殿读书。 他想斩我首级，随他去。这世上被浪费的智慧已经够多。 我有女儿。而且，她会有读书的权利。
— 盜書密令: 墨水戰爭1 by Rachel Caine (墨水戰爭, #1) (Page 1)
You can find treasures every time you visit your library 😄 #quote #libraries #books https://ebookfriendly.com/best-quotes-importance-books-libraries/
