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Experience is algorithmically incompressible.

He considers intelligence to be a means, while I view it as an end in itself.

If those scientists could come up with some way to turn off the jerk circuit in guys' brains, I'd be all in favor of that.

For the first time, he knew night for what it was: the shadow of the earth itself, cast against the sky. After

If you could see your whole life laid out in front of you, would you change things?

save our emotional responses for real life.

We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.

Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don't matter. There's no technological shortcut. Adesh

Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it and welcome every moment

Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism.

when Neil finally bled to death, he was truly worthy of salvation. And God sent him to Hell anyway. Ethan

There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.

For people like him, Hell was where you went when you died, and he saw no point in restructuring his life in hopes of avoiding that. And

Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.

Unconditional love asks nothing, not even that it be returned.

I am a lover of beauty, he of humanity. Each

The familiar was far away, while the bizarre was close at hand.

Well if you already know how the story goes, why do you need me to read it to you?"

" 'Cause I wanna hear it!

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

True beauty is what you see with the eyes of love,

[T]hey gave thanks that they were permitted to see so much, and begged for forgiveness for their desire to see more.

It is no coincidence that "aspiration" means both hope and the act of breathing.

Sometimes, it's good to wait. The anticipation makes it more fun when you get there.

What Gentzen had done was prove the obvious by assuming the doubtful.

He means the Word: the sentence that, when uttered, would destroy the mind of the listener.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

You'll do what makes you happy, and that'll be all I ask for.

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.

The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did ... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.

I am a lover of beauty, he of humanity.

In this way Hassan lived the happiest of lives until he was overtaken by death, breaker of ties and destroyer of delights.

People are nice to me because of how I like, and part of me likes that, but part of me feels guilty because I haven't done anything to deserve it.

Living with you will be like
aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect.

The answer was simple. It was the difference between sympathy and empathy. Carl

Perhaps the only permanent solution would be a more liberal Parliament, but it is beyond my expertise to suggest how we might bring that about.