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Mark Twain
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Mark Twain

John Jeremiah Sullivan
“We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into.”
John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead

Bill Hicks
“I was in Nashville, Tennessee last year. After the show I went to a Waffle House. I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me: 'Hey, whatcha readin' for?' Isn't that the weirdest fuckin' question you've ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading FOR? Well, goddamnit, ya stumped me! Why do I read? Well . . . hmmm...I dunno...I guess I read for a lot of reasons and the main one is so I don't end up being a fuckin' waffle waitress.”
Bill Hicks

George Orwell
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

Arthur Koestler
“Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. ”
Arthur Koestler

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