books

October 27, 2020 by achrilock

“The first was ringed in red metal
The second, in green stone
The third is clearest crystal
and cannot be unlocked alone”
— Ernest Cline, ‘Ready Player One’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/27/4643/

October 26, 2020 by achrilock

“I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolor picture of blue irises, and why the window opens only partly and why the glass in it is shatter-proof. It isn’t running away they’re afraid of.”
— Margaret Atwood, ‘The Handmaid's Tale’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/26/4613/

October 25, 2020 by achrilock

“If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/25/4578/

October 24, 2020 by achrilock

“With one hand on the freezer door, I take a big breath and try to center my enlightened spiritual entity.
Raindrops on roses
Happy Disney animals
This makes my parts hurt”
— Chuck Palahniuk, ‘Fight Club’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/24/4496/

October 23, 2020 by achrilock

“Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful.”
— E.B. White, ‘Charlotte’s Web’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/23/4427/

October 22, 2020 by achrilock

“They won’t start torturing lawyers until they get done stealing the election.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/22/4392/

October 21, 2020 by achrilock

“‘The Thorn said he was a priest of the Thirteenth,’ she said. ‘The heresy of the Nameless Thirteenth, the Crooked Warden, the god of thieves and malefactors. ‘For propriety’s sake,’ he said. ‘For propriety’s sake.’ He said that on purpose.’”
— Scott Lynch, ‘The Lies of Locke Lamora’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/21/4369/

October 21, 2020 by achrilock

“13
Practice corporeal politics.
Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.
For resistance to succeed, two boundaries must be crossed. First, ideas about change must engage people of various backgrounds who do not agree about everything. Second, people must find themselves in places that are not their homes, and among groups who were not previously their friends. Protest can be organized through social media, but nothing is real that does not end on the streets. If tyrants feel no consequences for their actions in the three-dimensional world, nothing will change.”
— Timothy Snyder, ‘On Tyranny’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/21/4358/

October 20, 2020 by achrilock

“So, with the gods, life and death – protection and destruction – are one. The secret partnership exists outside of time and space.
It can make you very much afraid, and for good reason. After all, your existence is at stake.”
— Philip K. Dick, ‘VALIS’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/20/4337/

October 19, 2020 by achrilock

“PRESIDENT RE-ELECT DEPLOYS MOTHERLAND GUARD IN FORTY CITIES TO SHUT DOWN TERROR CELLS, read the banner across the bottom. DECLARES NATIONAL CALL TO ORDER.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/19/4323/

October 18, 2020 by achrilock

“I’m talking about the entire fucking concept of empire. The Brits couldn’t hold on to India or North America because why should people listen to a king who’s six thousand kilometers away?”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Caliban’s War’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/18/4297/

October 16, 2020 by achrilock

“Donny liked the Atlanteans, though, with their trees inside the temples and mythical wild animals roaming the streets like furry neighbors and their magic spells and their libraries without end. The Spartans were so corporate, the little warlord band that wanted to raid and pillage and run the world. And it was the Spartans, with their machines, who pissed of Poseidon.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/16/4274/

October 15, 2020 by achrilock

“I could name half a dozen paragons of virtue that are horrible, small-souled, evil people. And some of the best men I know, you’d walk out of the room if you heard their names. No one on the screen is who they are when you breathe their air.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Caliban’s War’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/15/4256/