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“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, and still they continue to lie.”
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn
the micro-blog version of “Taking Thoughts Captive” with brief quotes, fleeting thoughts, and other ephemera from the cutting room floor...
“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, and still they continue to lie.”
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
— Robert Heinlein
“Nationalism is about power: its adherent wants to acquire as much power and prestige as possible for his nation, in which he submerges his individuality. Whereas nationalism is accordingly aggressive, patriotism is defensive: it is a devotion to a particular place and a way of life one thinks best, but has no wish to impose on others.”
— George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism,” Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, vol. 3, 362
“There are few cheerier things than buying a bunch of used books and taking them to a cafe to read.”
— Paul Graham
“One is not, by decision, just a writer. One becomes a writer by writing, by shaping thoughts into the proper or improper words, depending on the subject, and by doing it constantly.”
— Louis L'Amour
“Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better.”
— Ray Bradbury
“People are strange. They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on major things like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”
— Charles Bukowski