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“does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction”

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Tao Lin

Tao Lin is a contemporary Chinese novelist known for his minimalist style and introspective narratives. Born on July 2, 1983, he has gained significant attention for his work that often explores themes of alienation and the digital age. more

“Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore.”

Children Sometimes Whole Names Hours Simple Flower Comfort Cost Ten Garden Delight Grass Ran Dragons Butterfly More Money Bores Smallest Examining Whole Family Bouquets Courtesans

Author:Alexandre Dumas-fils

“I mean, if you're asking a fellow to come out of a room so that you can dismember him with a carving knife, it's absurd to tack a 'sir' on to every sentence. The two things don't go together.”

Ifs Mean Two Together Rooms Asking Fellows Sentences Absurd Two Things Knives Carving

Book:The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 1: (Jeeves & Wooster)

Source: The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 1: (Jeeves & Wooster)

“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.”

Thinking Humans Happens Space Planets Lifetime Exploration Mars Astronaut Buzz Colonizing Mars

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.”

World Giving Kind Book Different Shapes Shock Electrical Later In Life

Author:A. S. Byatt

“we who determine how quickly time passes.”

Determine Time Passes

Book:The diary of a magus

Source: The diary of a magus

“Never make a decision until you have to.”

Decision

Book:The last lecture

Source: The last lecture

“I never met a word I didn't love”

Mets

Author:Gail Carson Levine

“It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.”

People Ifs Sometimes Who You Are Hated

Author:Bette Davis

“It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life.”

Ifs Men Way Self Whole Problem Theme Remarkable Betray Presenting Allegory

Book:The magic mountain: a novel

Source: The magic mountain: a novel

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