“He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap.”
― The Lord of Opium
― The Lord of Opium
“Bubonic plague killed a third of the people in Europe, but it destroyed the old governments and allowed their citizens to gain freedom. The result was a burst of creativity and prosperity never seen before.”
― The Lord of Opium
― The Lord of Opium
“I like to think that even these people, whose hardships seem to come all at once, might get to experience the same number of joys in their lives as everyone else (and sometimes those feelings of joy pop up smack in the middle of hardship). And on the flip side, people whose lives seem perfect might also be suffering in ways we don't see, or might face hardships down the road." -Ari”
― Paper Things
― Paper Things
“You can be your best self wherever you are.”
― Paper Things
― Paper Things
“I think that people have an instinct for a family. You look until you find a mother, a father, a sister, a brother. They don't have to be blood relatives. They just have to love you. And when you find them, you don't have to look anymore.”
― The Lord of Opium
― The Lord of Opium
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