Dust: Book 3 of Silo, the New York Times bestselling dystopian series, now an Apple TV drama (Wool Trilogy Series)
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Dust: Book 3 of Silo, the New York Times bestselling dystopian series, now an Apple TV drama (Wool Trilogy Series)
There is no end to this march of human thought, as it transcends even death itself. The moment one node dies, many others will learn from the ideas of that node, and those thoughts form the foundation of further ideas to come. This is why the words of dead poets, politicians, and philosophers grow increasingly influential as time runs its course.
Lawrence Yeo • The Omnipresence of Work - More To That
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett: "In the Ramtop village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away—until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone... See more
Nothing Ever Stops Existing
He could not go back and make amends. He could not vindicate Septimus with a raised glass, or bring him back to life with a drunken gesture. He could only – what? What could he do? Go on; and try to be wiser; and keep future promises better; and avoid future mistakes.
Francis Spufford • Golden Hill
Life is short, he thought. Art, or something not life, is long, stretching out endless, like concrete worm. Flat, white, unsmoothed by any passage over or across it. Here I stand. But no longer.