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Quote by Ernest Cline

“I don't know, maybe your experience differed from mine. For me, growing up as a human being on the planet Earth in the twenty-first century was a real kick in the teeth. Existentially speaking”

Book:Ready Player One

Work

Ready Player One

In the year 2045, Earth is in a state of environmental and economic collapse. The majority of the population escapes reality by immersing themselves in the OASIS, a vast virtual world created by the late billionaire James Halliday. The novel follows Wade Watts, a teenager known as Parzival, who becomes deeply involved in the search for an Easter egg hidden within the OASIS by Halliday. The egg is said to grant the winner control over the virtual world, leading to a high-stakes competition among players. As Wade navigates the complex and dangerous world of the OASIS, he uncovers secrets about Halliday's life and the true nature of the virtual reality. more

Author

Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline is an American novelist known for his science fiction works. His most famous novel, 'Ready Player One', combines virtual reality gaming with 1980s pop culture, earning widespread acclaim. more

“But surely, say these good apostles, you aren't going to discredit reality in the eyes of those who already find it difficult enough to get by, and who surely have a right to reality and the fact that they exist? The same objection for the Third World: surely you aren't going to discredit affluence in the eyes of those dying of starvation? Or: surely you aren't going to run down the class struggle in the eyes of those who haven't even had their bourgeois revolution? Or again: you aren't going to discredit feminist and egalitarian demands in the eyes of all those who haven't even heard of women's rights, etc.? You may not like reality, but don't put others off it! It's a question of democratic morality: you must not demoralize the masses. You must never demoralize anyone. Underlying these charitable intentions is a profound contempt. First, in the fact of instating reality as a kind of life insurance or a burial plot held in perpetuity, as a kind of human right or consumer good. But, above all, in crediting people with placing their hope only in the visible proofs of their existence: by imputing this plaster-saint realism to them, one takes them for naive and feeble-minded. In their defence, it has to be said that the propagandists of reality vent that contempt on themselves first of all, reducing their own lives to an accumulation of facts and evidence, causes and effects. Well-ordered resentment always begins at home.”

Pop Culture Millenial Leader Belief In Reality Millenials Protests

Book:The Perfect Crime

Source: The Perfect Crime

“I will fight for you but I can't compete for you...”

Love Quotes

Author:Dha

“There’s nothing wrong with fighting when you have no choice. As a matter of fact, it’s what you should do, but when you fight, fight to win.”

Fighting Fight To Win

Book:A Punctual Paymaster

Source: A Punctual Paymaster

“At the end of the day, the argument between spirituality and about spirituality, is all against the nature of spirituality. In arguing spirituality, we go against its very nature. The important question: “Am I being kind in what I am saying/doing”? And that is all. In all truth, to eat an ice cream cone and to smile with the joy of a child, is about a billion times more spiritual of an activity, than to discuss views about spirituality. The experience of innocence; the experience of joy—this edifies ourselves and others. And that is spirituality. An ice cream cone can be the most spiritual object in the universe, at any given time.”