Fall of Rome, descent into barbarism
‘as we sat around a bonfire on the banks of the Lena, Dzerzhinsky read one of his poems, in Polish. His face and voice were beautiful, but the poem was a slight thing. The life of the man was to prove to be one of the sternest of poems’
Eye of mandarin
prelapsarian
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BP, Esso, Exxon, Shell! Take your war and go to hell!
“Had it ever existed? Too often the world beyond the mountains and seas seemed unreal, like something out of a dream. Real were the minute, the hour, the day—from reveille to the end of work. He never guessed further, nor did he have the strength to guess. Nor did anyone else.”
— Varlam Shalamov, from Kolyma Tales
Hoxhaism
Apaches are known to be active in this area
Apaches are known to be active in this area