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“The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.”

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James K. Morrow

James K. Morrow is an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels. Born on March 17, 1947, he has gained widespread recognition in the literary world since the 1970s. more

“The main issue [of the Scientific Revolution] is that the people in the industrialised countries are getting richer, and those in the non-industrialised countries are at best standing still: so the gap between the industrialised countries and the rest is widening every day. On the world scale this is the gap between the rich and the poor.”

People World Stills Country Poor Issues Rich Revolution Standing Scales Gaps Get Rich Standing Still Scientific Revolution

Book:The Two Cultures

Source: The Two Cultures

“Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even Third law: You can't quit the game.”

Firsts Play Law Games Winning Break Thirds Quitting Can't Win Break Even

Author:C.P. Snow

“Most of the scientists I have known well have felt - just as deeply as the non-scientists I have known well - that the individual condition of each is tragic. Each of us is alone: sometimes we escape from solitariness, through love or affection or perhaps creative moments, but those triumphs of life are pools of light we make for ourselves while the edge of the road is black: each of us dies alone.”

Wells Sometimes Moments Light Dies Individual Felt Black Known Creative Conditions Scientist Edges Affection Triumph Tragic Pool

Author:C.P. Snow

“I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their funeral speeches; perfecting their rituals of death rather than a relatively simple ritual of life such as screaming in the streets.”

Waiting Simple Worry Streets Lovers Speech Neighbor Ritual Funeral

Book:Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

Source: Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

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