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This was recommended to me by a dear friend. And, as I've come to learn, she has pretty excellent taste in books. This was the exception. I hated it. It was awful. Okay, I couldn't type that without a straight face.
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This is probably one of the best Discworld novels, despite the absence of my perennial favorite, Vetinari. There are two kinds of Discworld books, the ones for laughing and the ones for thinking. This isn't to say that all of them don't have a bit of...more |
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“The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that everything changes. If you superimpose their two views, you get this result: Nothing is real.”
― Philip K. Dick
― Philip K. Dick
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you're lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
“This is a mournful discovery.
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
“And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.”
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
“The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than a razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom. ”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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