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"'You can fool others, but you can't fool yourself.'
This saying still felt odd to me. The verb 'to fool' and the object '-self' just didn't fit. Even though he added a 'not', the association of these two words still felt pretentious. [Father] must've [linked them] a long time ago, and then he must have removed the connecting words. That's probably why he could express it to me like this." — Jul 30, 2025 10:44AM
"'You can fool others, but you can't fool yourself.'
This saying still felt odd to me. The verb 'to fool' and the object '-self' just didn't fit. Even though he added a 'not', the association of these two words still felt pretentious. [Father] must've [linked them] a long time ago, and then he must have removed the connecting words. That's probably why he could express it to me like this." — Jul 30, 2025 10:44AM
“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Mort
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Mort
“Just shut your mouth, you ignorant twat."
"Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get to be a twat."
"It's the rank," Eve told her. "You'll make bitch one day."
"Thanks. That means a lot to me.”
― Festive in Death
"Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get to be a twat."
"It's the rank," Eve told her. "You'll make bitch one day."
"Thanks. That means a lot to me.”
― Festive in Death
“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.”
― Life, the Universe and Everything
― Life, the Universe and Everything
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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