All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality.
THOMAS PYNCHONSomeday it’ll all be done by machine. Information machines.
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You know what a miracle is. Not what Bakunin said. But another world’s intrusion into this one. Most of the time we coexist peacefully, but when we do touch there’s cataclysm.
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Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.
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Let the peace of this day be here tomorrow when I wake up.
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Information. What’s wrong with dope and women? Is it any wonder the world’s gone insane, with information come to be the only real medium of exchange?
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To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult.
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Life’s single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.
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There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around assholery.
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You go from dream to dream inside me. You have passage to my last shabby corner, and there, among the debris, you’ve found life. I’m no longer sure which of all the words, images, dreams or ghosts are ‘yours’ and which are ‘mine.’ It’s past sorting out.
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Length is usually intensity. Not time.
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You may never get to touch the Master, but you can tickle his creatures.
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All variables are independent.
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Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.
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The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will.
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A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to.
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Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.
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