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"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
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“Pylades: I’ll take care of you.
Orestes: It’s rotten work.
Pylades: Not to me. Not if it’s you.”
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Orestes: It’s rotten work.
Pylades: Not to me. Not if it’s you.”
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“MENELAOS: What's wrong with you? What sickness wastes you away?
ORESTES: Conscience.”
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ORESTES: Conscience.”
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“You can have my heart if you have the stomach to take it. Kiss me hard enough to invert me.”
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“Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live.”
― The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
― The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
Basil’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Children's, Classics, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, and mythology
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