19 books
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13 voters
Degradation
26 books
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137 voters
“
All masters of every stripe are rubbish, all slaves of every stripe are noble and exalted; there can be no question about this...Of course, the whole thing is, once you cease to be a master, once you throw off your master's yoke, you are no longer human rubbish, you are just a human being, and all the things that adds up to. So, too, with the slaves. Once they are no longer slaves, once they are free, they are no longer noble and exalted; they are just human beings.
...more
”
― A Small Place
― A Small Place
“
He had himself a certain sympathy for Morel; unfortunately, the man had not
understood that the world of today was no longer capable of concerning itself with elephants. People had other preoccupations. They were no longer interested in anything except their own skins.
”
― The Roots of Heaven
― The Roots of Heaven
