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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.”
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“You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon...”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.”
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
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Robin’s 2025 Year in Books
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