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Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Doctor Who and doublethink.
The path not took, fork in the road.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor,
Singer, porn star, writer, thief,
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy,
Nosferatu, Tarrant's teeth.

Loss, anguish, the non-future. From focusing on the particular to portraying the general. And in every small detail a greater meaning.

"La folle d'Étretat", Hugues Merle, 1871

With his distinctive style and deep dives into the forces shaping modern life, Curtis reflects on the core themes of his latest work: the death of collectivism, the acceleration of individualism, the fractured future of politics, and the surreal, hyperreal worlds we now inhabit through social media.

I'll steal the words of another person and just say that...

Take it off the shelf. Find the quote. Use it as a "firestarter" to the essay you're going to write. (I pity the journalists that don't read fiction.)

«Consider Phlebas», Iain M. Banks

Ask a wish.

"What do we fear the most? The unknown. The loss of a loved one. Who do we love the most? Who do we protect? Who do we shield from all the evils of the world? Who do we lie to, leave them terrified in the dark? Who do we tell that there is no such thing as the bogeyman?"

- Luther (Idris Elba), 2011

"The leviathan of the seas, is it? The terrible shadow? The beast, with a million eyes and a million ears? Conquest? Rape? Plunder? I've studied your methods in your school and I do know the evil that you do, because I was once part of it."

Colin Stentson. "New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light"

“Partimos para o Cosmo preparados para tudo: solidão, dificuldades, esgotamento, morte. [...] O nosso entusiasmo não passa de impostura. Nós não queremos conquistar o Cosmo, queremos simplesmente estender os limites da Terra até às fronteiras do Cosmo.”