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This society doesn't work without booze – our parties aren't good enough, our conversations aren't sufficiently interesting, nor is our self-confidenc...more

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The last of the cherry blossom. On the tree, itturns ever more perfect. And when it’s perfect, it falls. And then of course once it hits theground it ...more

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I would agree with your statement that many of my protagonists are outsiders. I wonder if we all are, and even people who don't think they are, and th...more

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Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman.

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The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

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Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private...more

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Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' Yo...more

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Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' Yo...more

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Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness, but placebos can make you feel better.

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This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious, and pads back into the forest. Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vo...more

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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.