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Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr

by John Crowley

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Jack’s Quotes

“The further in you go, the bigger it gets.”
― John Crowley, Little, Big

tags: esoteric-wisdom

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“If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.”
― Larry McMurtry , Lonesome Dove

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“It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. ”
― John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar

tags: humour, sociology, technology

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“I was afraid they kept the hogs in a pen out behind the hospital. I've been prepared for surgery and the doctor says to an orderly, 'Leon, go out to the hog pen and get me a valve.”
― Lewis Grizzard, They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat

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“When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.”
― Calvin Trillin, With All Disrespect

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