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Ruth
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It turned out that going to the moon was easier than curing, preventing, or even providing adequate treatment for illnesses that doctors, not so long before, had referred to as lunacy,
I'm having a rough time with this one- I worked in the mental health field for years and it is deeply upsetting to revisit it and, once again, realize that nothing really has changed. The writing is wonderful but man, is it triggering. I may have to put it down and mark it as DNF.
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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
― The Tempest
― The Tempest
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“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
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