

“This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I surely would ... ... but I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again ... ”
― Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
― Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

“The man who hopes for the future delays its arrival, and the man who dreads it summons it to his door.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
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“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.”
― Neuromancer
― Neuromancer

“Think of how it all started: America was founded by slave owners who informed us, "All men are created equal." All "men," except Indians, niggers, and women. Remember, the founders were a small group of unelected, white, male, land-holding slave owners who also, by the way, suggested their class be the only one allowed to vote. To my mind, that is what's known as being stunningly--and embarrassingly--full of shit.”
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