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Is it possible that the relationship between humanity and evil is similar to the relationship between the ocean and an iceberg floating on its surface? Both the ocean and the iceberg are made of the same material. That the iceberg seems separate is only because it is in a different form. In reality, it is but a part of the vast ocean.… It was impos
... See moreLiu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
Your slice of pie is one less I can eat myself, that was his attitude, and for every orphan he helped in public there were ten he made in private.
Philipp Meyer • The Son
shivering twelve-year-old and suddenly had no taste for a public fight, agreeing with the boy’s flaky-scalped lawyer, Doc Solomon, that this was essentially a mercy killing and, so, made a quick deal for manslaughter—a two- or three-year jolt at the most for, as the ADA described him, “an otherwise decent kid like this one.”
Scott Frank • Shaker: A novel
When I look back now on how I wound up crossing the ocean and coming all the way to England, I can’t help but blame my name. Grandmother told me the story of Princess Bari every night in our cosy little dugout hut, but it wasn’t until after I was on that ship that I thought about the princess going west in search of the life-giving water – out wher
... See moreSok-yong Hwang • Princess Bari

THE MOON IS DOWN, TO A GOD UNKNOWN, CANNERY ROW, THE RED PONY, TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY, THE PEARL
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saw what Andrew did in our family. I saw that he came in and listened and watched and understood who we were, each individual one of us. He tried to discover our need and then supply it. He took responsibility for other people and it didn’t seem to matter to him how much it cost him. And in the end, while he could never make the Ribeira family norm
... See moreOrson Scott Card • Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Saga (Ender Quintet Book 3)
I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
