"In a world, where war was all around me... not to mention life itself, was no longer too important. Survival was not something one struggled for any more. I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets whizzed past, was to accept the dangers and all the consequences as calmly as possible."
Going Solo by #RoaldDahl
"After I had gone solo, I was allowed to go up alone for much of the time and it was wonderful. How many young men, I kept asking myself, were lucky enough to be allowed to go whizzing and soaring through the sky above a country as beautiful as Kenya? Even the aeroplane and the petrol were free!"
Going Solo by #RoaldDahl
"Whether visual art, music, film, literature, or choreography, algorithmic recommendations and the feeds that they populate mediate our relationship to culture, guiding our attention toward the things that fit best within the structures of digital platforms."
#Filterworld : how algorithms flattened culture by #KyleChayka
"Above all, I learned how to look after myself in a way that no young person can ever do by staying in civilization."
Boy by #RoaldDahl
"Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is till you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die. The only comfort is that both homesickness and seasickness are instantly curable."
Boy by #RoaldDahl
"His theory was that if the eye of a pregnant woman was constantly observing the beauty of nature, this beauty would somehow become transmitted to the mind of the unborn baby within her womb and that baby would grow up to be a lover of beautiful things. This was the treatment that all of his children received before they were born."
Boy by #RoaldDahl
"Life is tough, but the sooner you learn how to cope with it the better for you."
Boy by #RoaldDahl
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