“I couldn’t tell if I liked being alone, or if I only endured it”
― Luster
― Luster
“Some memories never heal. Rather than fading with the passage of time, those memories become the only thing that are left behind when all else is abraded.”
― Human Acts
― Human Acts
“the closer one is to a source of power, the quieter it gets. Authority and money surround themselves with silence, and one can measure the reach of someone’s influence by the thickness of the hush enveloping them.”
― Trust
― Trust
“Let us begin by saying that no two symmetriads are alike and that the geometry of each is, as it were, an “invention” of the living ocean. So then, the symmetriad produces in its interior things that are often called “instant machines,” though these formations bear no resemblance to machines constructed by people — the term only refers to a certain “mechanical” purposiveness of operation.”
― Solaris
― Solaris
“But what could be more illusory than the world we see? After all, in the darkness inside our skulls, nothing reaches us. There is no light, no sound—nothing. The brain dwells there alone, in a blackness as total as any cave’s, receiving only translations from outside, fed to it through its sensory apparatus.”
― The Mountain in the Sea
― The Mountain in the Sea
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