"[Oblomov:] "Picture a thief or a fallen woman or a cheated fool, if you like, but do not forget the rest of mankind. …"

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"“What are we wizards but consumers of that which our predecessors have created, while they are creators of new knowle…"

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"“Craft the Final Solution to the Mordorian problem, sure, but when it’s time to implement it, you always hide in the …"

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"I have filled the gaps in Tzerlag’s story at my own discretion. The old soldier bears no responsibility for my invent…"

"I have to sonorously remind those critics that The Lord of the Rings is the historiography of the victors, who have a…"