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“Is it surprising that the cellular prison, with its regular chronologies, forced labour, its authorities of surveillance and registration, its experts in normality, who continue and multiply the functions of the judge, should have become the modern instrument of penality? Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?”
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“My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.”
― Araby
― Araby
“A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.”
― Now and at the Hour of Our Death
― Now and at the Hour of Our Death
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.”
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Rafael’s 2024 Year in Books
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299 books
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435 books
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176 books
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235 books
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