“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change [...]
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Honour, eh?
Cosca raised his brows.
‘Honour, eh?
What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it’s something different.
You can’t drink it.
You can’t fuck it.
The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you’ve got none at all you don’t miss it.’
He shook his head.
‘But some men think
it’s [...]
That’s Gotta Hurt
Larry: Sorry, but I’m not a criminal mastermind. I’m just a painter.
Veronica Mars: Yeah, well, so was Hitler.
And while I have your attention; I love the fact that she’s been referencing at least one sci-fi show/book per episode. I mean, frak, that’s so gorramtastic!
The Princess Bride
Buttercup: That’s the fire swamp! We’ll never survive!
Wesley: Nonsense! You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
First thing’s first: I lied when I said that I’ve always wanted to watch this movie. It’s true that I’ve wanted to do so for quite some time now, but “always” was a bit of a overstatement, [...]
Dr. Who Quote of the Day
“What’s a horse doing on a spaceship?” - Mickey
“You mean, what’s pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Please, get some perspective!” - Dr. Who
Series 2, the tenth Doctor, “Girl in the Fireplace”.
This was the episode that won the Hugo for “Best Short Form”. It’s easily the best Dr. Who episode I’ve seen so far, but [...]
R. Scott Bakker Quote of the Day
The vulgar thing God by analogy to man and so worship Him in the form of the Gods. The learned think the God by analogy to principles and so worship Him in the form of Love or Truth. But the wise think the God not at all. They know that thought, which is finite, [...]
Steven Erikson Demonic Dialog of the Day
A rasping cackle from the darkness - somewhere far down towards the stern. Korbal Broach frowned. “Rude,” he murmured, “to have so interrupted my precious thoughts. So rude.” The cackle crumbled into a rasp, and a voice drifted out. “You”
“Yes,” Korbal Broach replied.
“No, it can’t be.”
“But it is.
“You must die.”
“So I must. One [...]
Steven Erikson Quote of the Day
The argument was this: a civilization shackled to the strictures of excessive control on its populace, from choice of religion through to the production of goods, will sap the will and the ingenuity of its people - for whom such qualities are no longer given sufficient incentive or reward. At face value, this is accurate [...]
Literature with Horns
All right, I admit it. I caved in and opened my copy of “The Last Colony” by John Scalzi, and with what line does he start off his book?
This story - like all good stories - begins with a goat.
(I’ve edited it a bit to make more sense. Yes, it does really make more [...]
Phillip K. Dick Mystery of the Day
Which famous painting is described in this quote from Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:
The painting showed a hairless, oppressed creature with a head like an inverted pear, its hands clapped in horror to its ears, its mouth open in a vast, soundless scream. Twisted ripples of the creature’s torment, echoes of [...]
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