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![Christopher Brookmyre](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1354322152i/167572.jpg)
“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't you think? Honestly, if you'd asked me ten minutes ago, hypothetically, if it was possible to cut your own head off, I'd have said unequivocally no. You've really got to hand it to the bloke -- though it's fair to say luck was involved. I mean, there's no way he could do it again.”
― Be My Enemy
― Be My Enemy
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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![Jean Baudrillard](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1615570804i/1264._UX200_CR0,34,200,200_.jpg)
“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.”
― Simulacra and Simulation
― Simulacra and Simulation
![Iain Banks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1374456581i/7628._UY200_CR51,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
― Against a Dark Background
― Against a Dark Background
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“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. ”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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I can't believe there's no group on here for the wonderful Scottish mainstream/sci-fi writer, Iain Banks, so I thought I'd create one. This group is f ...more
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