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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nPerhaps the first fire, the first tool, the first wheel, the first carving in a limestone cave, had each possessed a symbolic rather than a practical value, had each been pressed to serve distortion rather than reality.
\n– Brian Aldiss, Greybeard<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nRemember the first and last goodbye
\nLooking for answers to untie
\nWe traveled the long road
\nWell, love will often lead us awry
\n– Tunng, Santiago<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nLike most people, [he] is simply searching for an activity to label his existence.
\n– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nI remember a letter she sent me once. \u201cWith you,\u201d she wrote, \u201cI feel the reverse of that fear I usually feel with others. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll accept the parts of me that are complex but I\u2019m not sure about the parts that are ridiculously simple.\u201d
\n– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nI tried to explain that the freedom I have always desired has nothing to do with being able to travel or with surrendering responsibility; it means not being afraid, not disguising myself and not performing, not structuring my feelings to gain another\u2019s approval.
\n– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nOne of the characteristics of age was that all avenues of talk led backward in time.
\n– Brian Aldiss, Greybeard<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nNow he could understand why people set fire to their own homes. Fire was clean; cleanliness was a principle that man had otherwise lost.
\n– Brian Aldiss, Greybeard<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nThere\u2019s a level where force is bad, but when you get to the sort of level we are down to, force becomes strength, and then it\u2019s a positive blessing.
\n– Brian Aldiss, Greybeard<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nI don\u2019t much care where so long as I get somewhere<\/em>.
\n– Lewis Carroll, Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nI wonder if I\u2019ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I\u2019m not the same, the next question is \u2018Who in the world am I?\u2019
\n– Lewis Carroll, Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em><\/p>\n
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