the rest of us have been fighting an unconscious war in order to buy time. We have been losing, but losing as slowly as humanly possible.

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Hermetic quote qntm There Is No Antimemetics Division rest fighting unconscious war buy time losing slowly as humanly possible

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  2. “Little fella mews and yelps when he sees her. Not-screaming, not-crying. He’s afraid but he’s hungry. Any girl in a storm.”
  3. “There is a land in which no tree groweth, and where the warbling of the birds is as a forgotten dream. There is a land of dust and desolation, where no river floweth, and where no cloud riseth from the plains to shade men’s eyes from the sand and the scorching sun. Many are they who stray therein, for all live upon the threshold of misery who inhabit the House of joy.”
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  5. “Some talking head bleating on about another war. At least it wasn’t sports night”