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“Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.”
“He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstinate decency which will make writers or scientists maintain their truths at the risk of death. Epp...”
“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by micro...”
“I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearablehas been the diversity of creatures on the surface of the gl...”
