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“Every stink that fights the ventilator thinks it is Don Quixote.”

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Stanislaw Lem was a Polish science fiction novelist, writer, and philosopher. His works are renowned for their profound philosophical insights and unique literary style, profoundly influencing science fiction literature. Lem's many novels, including 'Solaris', 'Soylent Green', and 'Fahrenheit 451', have won widespread readership and numerous literary awards, and have inspired many writers to come. more

“The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins. It always wins because it is everywhere. It is in the wood that burns in your hearth, and in the kettle on the fire; it is under your chair and under your table and under the sheets on your bed. Walk in the midday sun, and the dark is with you, attached to the soles of your feet. The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.”

Light Winning Dark Walks Sun Fire Feet Bed Shadow Tables Patient Casts Woods Generous Chairs Sheets Kettles

Author:Matthew Woodring Stover

“Her beautiful eyes and lips were very grave as she made her choice, and Anthony thought again how naive was her every gesture; she took all the things of life for hers to choose from and apportion, as though she were continually picking out presents for herself from an inexhaustible counter.”

Made Eye Beautiful Choices Lips Graves Gestures Naive Beautiful Eyes

Book:The Beautiful and Damned

Source: The Beautiful and Damned

Quote by Stanislaw Lem

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