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PLANNED FREEDOM IS THE ROAD TO LASTING PROGRESS.

— Thomas M. Disch

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The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.

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People in intolerable circumstances will pray to anything. Truly, there are no atheists in foxholes: the men there pray to the bombs that they may land somewhere else.

The Roaches (1965)

Shadows are like plants. They need sunlight simply to exist.

There was nothing like shared meals, so the experts at IBM claimed, for overcoming one's basic disbelief in the existence of other people.

The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)

He especially liked ads for shampoos and hair coloring. The women in them seemed to regard their hair as independent, capricious entities, whom they must placate and provide with food.

The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)

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