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| igottaknow |
I'm reading The Kite Runner and there was an interesting part where the father is explaining to his son his belief system. He says that there is only one sin to be avoided, theft. All other sins are a derivative of stealing. For example murder is the theft of someone's life.
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| occrider |
Yea the Kiterunner wasn't a bad book.
"one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. Yes, the Devil shall take the hindmost until the foremost is the hindmost. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction ... if we believe leaders must be just, violence muzzled, power accountable & the riches of the Earth & its Oceans shared equitably, such a world will come to pass ... It is the hardest of all worlds to make real."
-Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Thought this was a great book. |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
-Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Thought this was a great book. |
i just might have to read that... |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
i just might have to read that... |
It's not the easiest of reads. You have to stop to process everything once in a while. For example, the contemplations of one of the characters (who is obviously a physicist):
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"The workings of the actual past + the virtual past may be illustrated by an event well known to collective history, such as the sinking of the Titanic. The disaster as it actually occurred descends into obscurity as its eyewitnesses die off, documents perish + the wreck of the ship dissolves in its Atlantic grave. Yet a virtual sinking of the Titanic, created from reworked memories, papers, hearsay, fiction—in short belief—grows ever ‘truer.’ The actual past is brittle, ever-dimming + ever more problematic to access + reconstruct: in contrast, the virtual past is malleable, ever-brightening + ever more difficult to circumvent/expose as fraudulent…
"Symmetry demands an actual + virtual future, too. We imagine how next week, next year, or 2225 will shape up—a virtual future, constructed by wishes, prophesies + daydreams. This virtual future may influence the actual future, as in a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the actual future will eclipse our virtual one as surely as tomorrow eclipses today."
He goes on to suggest a model of time: "An infinite matryoshka doll of painted moments, each "shell" (the present) encased inside a nest of "shells" (previous presents).... The doll of "now" likewise encases a nest of presents yet to be, which I call the actual future but which we perceive as the virtual future."
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It takes a while to read, and I'm probably going to read it again. There are so many memorable passages that it's easy to overlook a few ... it's akin to the musings of one of the characters:
"Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible." |
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| Floorfiller |
| i read the kite runner... sad ass book... |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Good. I've been looking for some good thought-provoking books to read. Thanks bookworms! |
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| Estella |
"DEAR MATER AND PATER: WE CAN NEVER BE PRETTY BUT WE CAN BE AS SMART OR AS DUMB AS THE WORLD REALLY WANTS US TO BE."
YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANTS,
ELIZA MELLON SWAIN
WILBUR ROCKEFELLER SWAIN
:haha: :( Kurt Vonnegut's "Slapstick" |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
i read the kite runner... sad ass book... |
dam seems like everyone has read it here. I was hoping to show off and be all cool and cutting edge. :whip: :p |
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
dam seems like everyone has read it here. I was hoping to show off and be all cool and cutting edge. :whip: :p |
I haven't you can look down upon an mock me if you like. 
:toothless |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
dam seems like everyone has read it here. I was hoping to show off and be all cool and cutting edge. :whip: :p |
i know you all think i'm a stupid bastard, but only most of the time hehe :p |
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| stren |
| I'm reading "the longest day" by Cornelius Ryan |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
i know you all think i'm a stupid bastard, but only most of the time hehe :p |
well you are blond :tongue2 |
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