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“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I believe that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.”
― Tanya French, Petal: The Other Side of Suicide

“All good things are wild and free.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.”
― Yann Martel

“Silence is so accurate.”
― Mark Rothko

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees. By dent of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other until one day they are declared to be the country’s official ideology.”
― Ayn Rand (Author)

“The end does not justify the means. No one’s rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.”
― Ayn Rand, The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (Expanded) (1999-01-16) [Paperback]

“Men who deny individual rights cannot claim, defend, or uphold any rights whatsoever.”
― Ayn Rand, The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (Expanded) (1999-01-16) [Paperback]

“Things then did not delay in turning curious.”
― Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

“I’m really friendly but not quite tame.”
― Pinkola Clarissa Estes, Women Who Run With the Wolves