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“Thou Shalt Not,” the controllers say. “Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt,” we say. Reject their Mind Control. Their sins are false. Sin for Salvation.”
― Adam Weishaupt, Sin for Salvation

tags: commandments, controllers, dogma, freedom, liberty, rules, self-expression, sin-for-salvation, tradition

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“Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Please excuse this outpouring which perhaps makes no sense but is the utter darkness of my spirit pouring from me like black blood.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight

tags: iris-murdoch, metaphor, outpouring, self-expression, spirit, the-green-knight

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“Every heartbeat a syllable for words I can’t speak, to explain what I want from him. What I want from myself. To know and be known, totally and completely. To be someone worth knowing.”
― Ryan Galloway, Biome

tags: connection, knowing-oneself, knowing-others, self-expression, understanding

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