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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
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A futuristic tale of intrigue and power struggles within a post-scarcity society where death is obsolete.

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We don't need to be told what to want. We want to want.

Cory Doctorow

We remember our dead and their deaths, but the dead can't remember their own deaths or anything else, really, and we don't know what death is like.

Cory Doctorow

Your life is a process of self-creation.

Cory Doctorow

There's no such thing as a post-scarcity economy. There will always be art, and art is always scarce.

Cory Doctorow

The world is full of people who're willing to call you an idiot. Don't make it easy for them.

Cory Doctorow

No one ever said, 'You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' and looked ashamed of themselves.

Cory Doctorow

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Cory Doctorow

The opposite of love isn't hate; it's indifference.

Cory Doctorow

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.'

Cory Doctorow