Derek
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Explanations don’t matter, experience does. Someone asks “Do you believe in Ghosts?” No. Which is not to say that I’ve never seen things which could be explained as ghosts. Not at all. It’s just that I haven’t taken up the common beliefs
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“...you don't really become a finer person just by reading lots of books.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“Those who live by electronics, die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.”
― Player Piano
― Player Piano
“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
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