“the average nerd’s fantasy woman behaves like a sex-starved player in her dealings with men. She is violent, vulgar, boorish, and ball-breaking. In other words, she is Lara Croft. The most obnoxious grrlpower stereotypes in the media are found in nerd-targeted media for a reason…” – ferdinand at In Mala Fide
“Just as most genetic mutations are useless, most original things are useless” – Erranter commenting on Harold Bloom and his lack or originality
“..it doesn’t do any good to blame the people or the time – one is oneself all of those people. We are the time.”
-James Baldwin, in Another Country
“..Eastern despotisms have arrived nearer the idea of equality and fraternity than any republic yet invented.” -Sir Richard Francis Burton, in 1886, commenting on the character of the Arab per his experiences in the Middle East as an explorer.