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“The challenge we must overcome is that humans need work more than work needs us.”
― The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
― The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future

“It is the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.”
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“Past tears are present strength.”
― Phantastes
― Phantastes

“When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go in getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew

“A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
― Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
― Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Lake Swan
(Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters
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updated Feb 28, 2020 08:56PM
Description:
She came back to find the truth behind his disguise - but will she be able to conquer time?
Short story in pseudo-Victorian style, from an old Nanowrimo. ;)
Scenes Once Seen
(Literature & Fiction)
3 chapters
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updated Jan 01, 2020 07:55PM
Description:
Fictional sketches inspired by real life.
Wrath of Nations
(Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters
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updated Sep 12, 2019 10:22PM
Description:
A political action-adventure series, following the life and career of Daria Lee, who finds herself swept up in events bigger than she could have imagined.
The Spaceship
(Literature & Fiction)
4 chapters
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updated May 30, 2018 11:21PM
Description:
<i>Editor's Note: This "story" is a series of scribbles by a space traveler of the future, whose intent was apparently to record her first trip. It is presented here with no rationale for publication other than it is already divided into four parts, including a conclusion (however doubtful). I have placed this under the catch-all "Literature & Fiction" genre since it contains nothing of scientific or even journalistic value.</i>

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