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“What do you expect? This place is one big anti-climax.”
“These days, the bigger the company, the less you can figure out what it does.”
“You want Paradise, you gotta build it on war, on blood, on envy and naked greed.”
“Anyway, when sophisticated technology fails, primitive technology steps in to do the job.”
“Most true things are kind of corny, dont you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”
“Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”
“The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory.”
“Being apart was wrong. Simply lying side by side did more for a relationship than words. A warm bed, a nest of animal intimacy. Words could be misunderstood, whereas loving companionship bred trust.”
“There were no oceans on Oasis, no large bodies of water, and presumably no fish. He wondered whether this would cause comprehension problems when it came to certain crucial fish-related Bible stori...”
“Some people go through the heavy stuff. They fight in wars. They're in jail. They start a business and it gets shut down by gangsters. They end up hustling their ass in a foreign country. It's one ...”
“People and their dwellings were such a thin dust on the surface of the globe, like invisible specks of bacteria on an orange, and the feeble lights of kebab shops and supermarkets failed utterly to...”
“There is so little in the New Testament about sexual love, and most of it consists of Paul heaving a deep sigh and tolerating it like a weakness.”
“Hows things, man? The black man extended his hand for a handshake. Mathematical formulae were jotted on the sleeve of his shirt, right up to the elbow.Very good, said Peter. It had never occurred t...”
“How’s things, man?” The black man extended his hand for a handshake. Mathematical formulae were jotted on the sleeve of his shirt, right up to the elbow.“Very good,” said Peter. It had never occurr...”
