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Gene Wolfe1931–2019

Gene Wolfe on philosophy

Paradoxes explain everything. Since they do, they cannot be explained.

The Book of the Short Sun (1999–2001), Volume 1, Ch. 9

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An exaggerated and solemn respect always indicates a loss of faith.
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Here in two flat sentences are the best things I can say about our field on American television: Dr. Who is sometimes aired. Sometimes Battlestar Galactica is not.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
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Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.
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