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Beau's avatar

Good one, Joe!

“Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine? We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it. The Machine develops - but not on our lies. The Machine proceeds - but not to our goal. We only exist as the blood corpuscles that course through its arteries, and if it could work without us, it would let us die.”

― E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops, 1909

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Bobbie Love's avatar

Excellent as usual. One day I hope to see and hear you in person. You’re a fabulous writer and I look forward to every thing you write. ❤️❤️

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