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inert
lacking the ability or strength to move.
unpretentious
not attempting toimpressothers with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actuallypossessed.
precipitously
verysteeplyorhastilyand without careful consideration.
coruscating
flashing; sparkling.
deliquesce
(of organic matter) become liquid, typically duringdecomposition.
“We can’t give in to evil, to those who do such things, because what they want is us to go still and quiet and never speak back to them.
‘Always keep moving. The Fates are master sharpshooters, and the easy target is the one who’s standing still.’ By ‘keep moving,’ he also meant keep telling the truth, keep doing what’s right, keep believing what you do matters, because when you give up on the truth, you become one of them.”
stroboscopic
Stroboscopy isa special method used to visualize vocal fold vibration.
deciduous
(of a tree orshrub)sheddingits leaves annually.
equanimity
mental calmness, composure, and evenness oftemper, especially in a difficult situation.
benighted
in a state ofpitifulorcontemptibleintellectual or moralignorance, typicallyowingto a lack of opportunity.
sibilation
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
The internet is the greatest repository of knowledge in history. But when history is kept in electronic files, the internet is also an efficient memory hole, and truths can be erased as easily as untruths can be fact-checked and sold as the new history.”
The troubled mind creates a troubled world, whether waking or in dreams.
“One-way caring is the virtue of virtues, honey. It’s why we’re on this world.”
she can’t help but wonder how much loss a heart can endure before it beats only with foreboding.
“God made horses and dogs so we poor misguided human beings will have constant examples by which to better ourselves.”
These days, virtue is constantly and loudly signaled but seldom practiced. Freedom is called oppression, mindless violence is called justice, and science bends to the demands of culture. The world has changed so fast, shaped by the powerful with reckless indifference to the lessons of history, and the momentum of change promises that in twenty years, the new world that follows this one will be crueler.
speaking the devil’s name doesn’t summon him, but pretending there is no devil will ensure that proudest of demons will put in an appearance to mock you.
There is no end of the world, Michael, because in every end, there’s a new beginning.
