"It is commonly said that the Internet is unique in its ability to spread bad information to large numbers of people, but this is ridiculous, given that the Internet cannot begin to compete with CNN or the New York Times for this honour."

-- Philip E. Agre

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“I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.”

Source : "Kindle or Kindling?" by Al Seckel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2009.
“There is a silence so great that I can hear the ice crystals cracking and falling from eyelashes of girls who will never blink again.”

Source : Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.286, Simon and Schuster
“Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore.”
“We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming”
“Thus the blasphemy of the homosexual formula, for it denies Babalon and breeds devils in chaos.”
“The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it.”
“I was feeling a bit down, I went to a therapist a few times, at a hundred bucks a pop. But then I realized that no therapy session would ever cheer me up half as much as if I was just strolling along and found a hundred dollar bill.”
“The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled.”

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