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Unliving things have no passions, and no memory: mere matter is the amnesia of the universe.

— John C. Wright The Far End of History (2009)

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Need I say that, if the universe is destroyed, it is unlikely that the British Isles will be preserved?

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I will grant you three wishes, but do not ask for immortality without asking for eternal youth.

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