Oddbean new post about login | logout "He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animate abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarise it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely."
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime & Punishment)βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.
When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself." ~ FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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"Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has its own organic life, it develops finally into a disease. The habit can kill and coarsen the very best man or woman to the level of a beast. Blood and power intoxicate ... the return of the human dignity, repentance and regeneration becomes almost impossible." ~ FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
{β€οΈβπ₯βοΈππ¦πβοΈβ€οΈβπ₯} https://image.nostr.build/7c86aeb02a84a9e2e3285d21414870ab65d99a00c5a0d53cc9abcf4f41d17b62.jpg βYou shall never feast upon my creations. Try as you might! You may soon uncover a wrath of God far greater than your might.β~ unknown βThe cheerful heart has a continual feast..β π½οΈπ·~ Proverbs 15:15βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯ https://image.nostr.build/4c34a60ecd53b5d95a2d91edb1a5e8ae63a2aa68f8e742dfb5e3fef01d47ef17.jpg
I have to stay silent. This is the only way to protect my creativity and the integrity of my writing and my life from parasites. I already have no life as it is due to no privacy whatsoever. My phone, my car, my emails, my banks, everything is hacked - I canβt even conduct research or Google anything without it being stolen. I am under capital surveillance by these stalkers 24/7. I am being harassed 24/7. I hope you now realize the depravity and desperation of this situation as well as the naivety of believing the stealing and stalking would just end. It hasnβt.πβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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Thank you so much @BettyRoseπΉ This means the world to me.πππ«π
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A GREEDY MAN STIRS UP STRIFE, BUT HE WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD WILL
PROSPER. ~ PROVERBS 28:25
The irony of all of this is there is no direct conflict between you & I. Our only source of contention is other peopleβs selfishness and greed. And, I turned the other cheek and I let it all go and I tried to put it all behind me yet I am still here having to deal it. It is absolutely ridiculous. You are delusional if you think it will end with me. Clearly, I am not the first and I am most certain I wonβt be the last. Whatever. I just donβt want these people having any more access to me. None whatsoever. Thatβs all I want.βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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βThere are so many temptations for American writers to become part of the system and part of the structure that now, more than ever, we have to resist. American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.β~ Don DeLillo π£ππβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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βοΈπΊπΈ{America: The Tinderbox}π₯π³οΈ
βNarrative that is exciting and still is literature is *very rare*. You have to make the country not describe it. It is as hard to do as paint a CΓ©zanne. And Iβm the only bastard right now who can do it.β ~ Ernest Hemingway πΌοΈπ¨ποΈπΊοΈπ§π§³β€οΈ
π»π§¨π₯π Futurist. World Builder. I create magnificent, extraordinary world(s).πππβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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βWriters must oppose systems. Itβs important to write against power, corporations, the state, and the whole system of consumption and *especially* of *DEBILITATING ENTERTAINMENT*[β¦] I think writers, by nature, must oppose things, oppose whatever power tries to impose on us.β ~ Don DeDillo ππβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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"It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!" ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
You canβt argue with this. Hold on to it as long as you possibly can. Cherish and guard and protect your one & only source of sunshine, darling.βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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I will see you soon in December, itβs only a few months away. So, in the meantime - just live & love. Live your beautiful life to the fullest. You deserve nothing but happiness and freedom and safety.βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
"I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.β ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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βI think Iβm a mixture of simplicity & complexes, but Iβm beginning to understand myself now.β ~ Marilyn MonroeβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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I think there's two things in human beings... that they want to be alone, but they also want to be together. ~ Marilyn MonroeβοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. ~ Coco Chanel βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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We reject: kings, presidents, and voting.
We believe in: rough consensus and running code. ~ David Clark, 1992 βοΈπ¬οΈπΉπβ¨ππ¦π«β€οΈβπ₯
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