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“Three passions have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
— Bertrand Russell, The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
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Else Fitzgerald, from "Everything Feels Like the End of The World," publ. in 2022
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Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others, past and present, and with each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.
- Sonmi-451
(Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell)
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“A poet is, on the one hand, among the elect; on the other hand, he is one of the most insignificant of mortals. Hence we can draw a very consoling conclusion: the most insignificant of men are not altogether so worthless as we imagine. They may not be fit to occupy government positions or professorial chairs, but they are often extremely at home on Parnassus and such high places.”
— Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible
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“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
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“Just simple days. Simple days of laughing lots and breathing deep and loving with my whole heart and feeling that love back. That’s all I’m really looking for now.”
— S.C. Lourie
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