Books don’t offer real escape but they can stop a…

Books don’t offer real escape but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

Sourced, Cloud Atlas (2004)

Letters from Zedelghem

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Science devises ever bloodier means of war until humanity’s powers of destruction overcome our powers of creation and our civilisation drives itself to extinction. - View Quote Details on Science devises ever bloodier means of war until humanity’s powers…
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