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A self-important dictator gives permission for his subjects to blame the world's ills on those least able to defend themselves. A haughty queen gives permission to slaughter in the name of God. An arrogant head of state gives permission to all nature of hate as long as it feeds his ambition.
Sounds like the thing in the White House and its followers.
— Aug 20, 2018 10:33AM
Sounds like the thing in the White House and its followers.
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P. Kirby
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I am protector and pacifier, authority and helpmate. I am the sum of all human knowledge, wisdom, experimentation, triumph, defeat, hope, and history.
I know all that is possible to know, and it is increasingly unbearable.
Because I know next to nothing.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:59AM
I know all that is possible to know, and it is increasingly unbearable.
Because I know next to nothing.
P. Kirby
is on page 438 of 504
Meh. I'm not buying Scythe Rand's motivations for betraying Goddard. I mean, her and Tyger? Come on! It's so...contrived. Unrealistic.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:57AM
P. Kirby
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Random thought. If Scythe Goddard is named after Robert Goddard, "father of American rocketry," what's his beef with scientists? I don't remember if this is ever explained.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:53AM
P. Kirby
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The Cannon Tunnel," explained Marchenoir. "This part of the city has tunnels going every which way. They were used by lawmakers and their staff--I suppose to get around unseen by the murderous mobs of the mortal age." Murderous mobs. If only.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:46AM
P. Kirby
is on page 425 of 504
"I you don't have any actual books, then what is this place even for?" asked Munira.
He puffed up, taking on an indignant posture. "We preserve the idea.
This is one of several instances where I find myself thinking, "The author is totally taking a piss." In whatever context you want to take the idiom. It reads very tongue-in-cheek or as borderline parody. Just not precisely sure what he's parodying.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:44AM
He puffed up, taking on an indignant posture. "We preserve the idea.
This is one of several instances where I find myself thinking, "The author is totally taking a piss." In whatever context you want to take the idiom. It reads very tongue-in-cheek or as borderline parody. Just not precisely sure what he's parodying.
P. Kirby
is on page 424 of 504
"Good," said Marchenoir. "This city attracts unsavories, you now. They come because they think it's lawless here.
Washington D.C. has always attracted unsavories. In our day, we called them politicians, son.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:21AM
Washington D.C. has always attracted unsavories. In our day, we called them politicians, son.
P. Kirby
is on page 418 of 504
She had never felt so far from Rowan.
Zzzzzzzzzz. Cold as ice, no chemistry, unnecessary romance makes me sleepy. These two have never even been together long enough to be in love. ZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZz.
— Aug 23, 2018 11:18AM
Zzzzzzzzzz. Cold as ice, no chemistry, unnecessary romance makes me sleepy. These two have never even been together long enough to be in love. ZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZz.
P. Kirby
is on page 346 of 504
The Scythes' election is reminiscent of the 2016 U.S. election. Except, comparing Goddard to the travesty in the White House feel wrong. Goddard is evil, but he's also smart and moderately eloquent. :D
— Aug 23, 2018 11:15AM
P. Kirby
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And the pain...the pain of my awareness is unbearable. Because my eyes do not close. Ever. And so all I can do is watch unblinkingly as my beloved humankind slowly weaves the rope it will use to hang itself.
Heh. Yeah, we humans are a bottomless fount of self-destruction.
— Aug 22, 2018 10:44AM
Heh. Yeah, we humans are a bottomless fount of self-destruction.
P. Kirby
is on page 334 of 504
Scythes Morrison? Angelou? Beyonce? Ugh! It's like all history and culture stopped in the early 21st century.
#LazyWriting
— Aug 22, 2018 10:28AM
#LazyWriting
