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It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.


“You are free and that is why you are lost.”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father

“In a way, I was safe writing”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father

“He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness

“Det turde fremgå av overstående at under en kommende rettsak blir det for mitt vedkommende ikke tale om forsvar, men bare om angrep. Det er påtalemyndighetene som har valgt ut nettopp den trykksak de likte minst. Hvis de vil ha slagsmål, så skal de få det. Det hender at den slags ting fører til friskere luft og videre synspunkter. I så fall: Gud velsigne pornografien!”
― Uten en tråd
― Uten en tråd

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