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“I had come to appreciate the reality of solitude and the illusion of community that bars provide.”
― The Archivist
― The Archivist
“Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all they’ve told me. Do you think that’s crazy?
“No,” I said, shaking my head, “I’d guess your method works quite well.”
― A Wild Sheep Chase
“No,” I said, shaking my head, “I’d guess your method works quite well.”
― A Wild Sheep Chase
“The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved. Now I know better. I look at the faces in newspapers, in magazines, and wonder: what greeds, what furies drive them on?”
― Cat's Eye
― Cat's Eye
“I sometimes think it would be beneficial if people thought of each other as “historical factorials.” Thus, (Myrtle!) would be understood not just as present-day Myrtle but as the product of all her past experiences.”
― Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
― Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
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