“For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“Fuck you, Blade, and the camel you rode in on.”
― When Death Frees the Devil
― When Death Frees the Devil
“Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience.”
― Ancillary Justice
― Ancillary Justice
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