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“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them; to fetter the development, and, if possible, prevent the formation, of any individuality not in harmony with its ways, and compel all characters to fashion themselves upon the model of its own.”
― On Liberty and Other Essays
― On Liberty and Other Essays
“Mr. Clyde Mead”
― The Crooked Banister
― The Crooked Banister
“For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.”
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“I believe in you," he says, his voice hushed and almost reverent. "That's more faith than I ever thought I'd have.”
― Matched
― Matched
“In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said "It is the trade entering his body.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
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