“#Serenity comes from the ability to say ‘Yes’ to #existence. #Courage comes from the ability to say ‘No’ to the wrong #choices made by others.”
—#AynRand, “The #Metaphysical Versus the #ManMade,” from ‘#Philosophy: Who Needs It’ https://a.co/cvDa7fV
Full #essay here: https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-metaphysical-versus-the-man-made/
#serenity #existence #courage #choices #aynrand #metaphysical #manmade #philosophy #essay #kindlequotes
“I am interested in #politics only in order to secure and protect #freedom.”
— #AynRand: The #Playboy Interview
https://a.co/g0gao07
#politics #freedom #aynrand #playboy #kindlequotes
What did it matter if she had the brain of a grape? It wasn't her brain Lee wanted to hold in his arms.
#OnceUponATimeInTheNorth #KindleQuotes
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#onceuponatimeinthenorth #kindlequotes
"Well, all right then. Finding out that you're an Arctic hare—that's surprising. Damn, I was surprised."
"Surprised? Why the hell were you surprised? I ain't surprised," said Hester. "Iorek's right. I always knew I had more class than a rabbit."
#OnceUponATimeInTheNorth #KindleQuotes
lol
#onceuponatimeinthenorth #kindlequotes
"This is strange to me," said the bear. "But I will trust you. You are a man of the Arctic."
"I am? How's that?"
'Your daemon is an Arctic hare."
"A what?" said Hester. "I thought I was a damn jackrabbit!"
"Arctic hare," said Iorek briefly, and Haugland nodded.
#OnceUponATimeInTheNorth #KindleQuotes
笑死,一直以为自己是北美野兔,其实是北极兔。
#onceuponatimeinthenorth #kindlequotes
@romunov #alt4u complex systems don't have to be organized top-down, either in the natural or in the social world. That we tend to assume otherwise probably tells us more about ourselves than the people or phenomena that we're studying.
David Graeber
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
#kindlequotes
Okay so I’m reading the new Dean Koontz book and I already have a quote to share.
Dean Koontz The House at the End of the World
#kindlequotes
#VoteBlue
Reading this interesting and occasionally quite fun book: John D. Clark: Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
@arstechnica I agree that the #FTC is constitutional. But it shouldn’t be. https://a.co/5V0WQ7Q
#AynRand #AtlasShrugged #KindleQuotes
#ftc #aynrand #atlasshrugged #kindlequotes
“How we treat each other is a
reflection of the kind of world we
want to live in.”
- Alice Wong
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
#kindlequotes #books #bookstodon
#kindlequotes #books #bookstodon
#bookstodon #books #quotes Love this bc it’s so true. “Nobody I know in the Middle West has ever gone out of his way to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition.”
William Maxwell
So Long, See You Tomorrow (Vintage International)
#kindlequotes
#bookstodon #books #quotes #kindlequotes