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R.D. "Bob" Mathison
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"Not to be disparaging toward The Iliad and The Odyssey, but Virgil is just a better storyteller than Homer." — 6 hours, 4 min ago
"Not to be disparaging toward The Iliad and The Odyssey, but Virgil is just a better storyteller than Homer." — 6 hours, 4 min ago
We are human too. When we fight for humans, we fight for ourselves. No one asks to be born, but we are born, and we are human. We fight for ourselves, as much as for any other human. If we don’t defend humanity, we’ll be just as dead as the
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“If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.”
― Caliban’s War
― Caliban’s War
“Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.”
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“You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said.
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
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