

“There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one.”
― The Prince Of Plungers
― The Prince Of Plungers

“Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.”
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“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King

“I predict we will abolish suffering throughout the living world. Our descendants will be animated by gradients of genetically pre-programmed well-being that are orders of magnitude richer than today's peak experiences.”
― The Hedonistic Imperative
― The Hedonistic Imperative

“the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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