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“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”

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John Donne was a renowned 17th-century English poet, known for his profound religious and philosophical reflections. His poetry style was unique, blending the elegance of the Renaissance with the passion of the Reformation. more

“For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars consume themselves, the universe itself rushes apart, and we ourselves are composed of matter in constant flux. Colonies of cells in temporary alliance, replicating and decaying and housed within, an incandescent cloud of electrical impulse and precariously stacked carbon code memory. This is reality, this is self knowledge, and the perception of it will, of course, make you dizzy.”

“It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death.”

Forgiving Sentences Phrases Syntax Weaponry Unequivocal

Book:Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon

“Culture is like a smog. To live within it, you must breathe some of it in and, inevitably, be contaminated.”

Culture Breathe Smog

Book:Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon

“Hand over your responses to the man who triggers them, and you have already lost the battle for self. Look beyond, and find yourself there instead.”

Men Looks Self Hands Lost He Man Battle Response Finding Yourself Over You Triggers

Book:Thirteen

Source: Thirteen

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