#bali

When the food runs out, the family reunion is over. It’s cool that out of all my relatives, I’m the only cannibal. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#cannibalism #eat #family #family-reunion #food

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative. ↗

— Michelle Sagara West

#food #kaylin-neya #sanabalis #students #teacher

Today, the rich are the haves and the poor are the have-nots. Tomorrow, the rich will be the have-food and the poor will be the have-not food. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#end-of-man #extinction #globalization #last-generation #mass-extinction

-Może dokładkę duszonego żebraka? Rozkojarzona pokręciła głową i spojrzała bezmyślnie na pusty talerz. I wtedy zamarła. W ogrodzie służący zbierali ciała i zabierali je do środka. -Powiedziałeś żeberka, prawda? ↗

— Brent Weeks

#eating-people #food #food

I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#dark-humor #humor #macabre #humor

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#become #care #does #globalization #must

I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic sweep of the thing - an interstellar kula chain - affirming the differences and at the same time emphasizing the similarities of all the intelligent races in the galaxy - tying them together, building common traditions... The notion strikes me as kind of fine. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#democracy #difference #globalization #ideas #inspirational

Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#deeper-elevation #elevation #freedom-of-choice #history #journey

Imperialism creates the illusion of wealth as far as the masses are concerned. It usually serves to hide the fact that the ruling classes are gobbling up the natural resources of the home territory in an improvident manner and are otherwise utilizing the national wealth largely for their own purposes. Eventually the general public is called upon to pay for all of this, frequently after the military machine can no longer maintain external aggression. ↗

— Jack D. Forbes

#columbus #disease #wétiko #nature

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#humour #sci-fi #self-cannibalism #sci-fi