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“We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”

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Peter S. Beagle

Peter S. Beagle is an American author born on April 20, 1939. Known for his science fiction and fantasy literature, his works include classics such as 'The Last Unicorn' and 'The Golden Apples of the Sun'. His writing combines rich imagination with profound philosophical insights, making a significant impact on science fiction and fantasy literature. more

“Sport is a seductive metaphor (life as a game in which we gain victory through hard work, discipline, and visualizing success). but the older metaphor of farming (life as hard labor that is subject to weather and quirks of blind fate and may return no reward whatsoever and don't be surprised) is still in our blood.”

May Stills Hard Games Sports History Fate Blood Subjects Hard Work Return Victory Discipline Gains Labor Blind Rewards Metaphor Weather Farming Seductive Quirks Visualizing

Author:Garrison Keillor

“Of course, it has never paid much.”

Courses History Paid

Book:Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush

Source: Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush

“One only has an adventure when one makes a mistake, but [as] my grandmother used to say: "You don't have to get out of trouble if you don't get into trouble."”

Ifs Used Mistake History Trouble Adventure Grandmother My Grandmother

Author:Richard S. Wheeler

“Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.”

World Matter History Mass Destroyed Unborn Lumber

Author:Seneca the Younger

“As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note."”

Want Needs Writing Stories History Fit Notes Editors Ransom

Author:Richard Conniff

“The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many people believe in no God at all.”

People Way Believe History Atheistic Refreshing Bernard Shaw

Author:Israel Zangwill

“The more I think you over, the more it comes home to me what an unmitigated Middle Victorian ass you are!”

Thinking Home History Middle Ass Coming Home Victorian

Author:H. L. Mencken

“Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have to discover things like this to become associate professors.”

Thinking Enough Found History Modern Source Plot Professors Scholar Associates Chronicles Resourcefulness

Book:Twisted Tales from Shakespeare, in which Shakespeare's Best-known Plays are Presented in a New Light: The Old Light Having Blown a Fuse; Together with Introductions, Questions, Appendices, and Other Critical Apparatus Intended to Contribute to a Clearer Misunderstanding of the Subject

Source: Twisted Tales from Shakespeare, in which Shakespeare's Best-known Plays are Presented in a New Light: The Old Light Having Blown a Fuse; Together with Introductions, Questions, Appendices, and Other Critical Apparatus Intended to Contribute to a Clearer Misunderstanding of the Subject

“Did a sense of shame ever reside in our Republican toadies? You can't stop people who are never embarrassed by themselves. Will's readiness to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse can be cited as world class sycophancy.”

People World Turns Class History Republican Ears Shame Embarrassed Purses Silk Readiness World Class Toady

Author:Norman Mailer

“Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."”

History Logic Method Conclusion Despotism Axioms Leviathan

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

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