You make a profound point there. Without your sheep, you would have no livelihood, you would die. This dependency creates a sort of equality, doesn’t it? Not individually, but collectively. As a group, you and your sheep are at opposite
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“Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near”
― Aleph
― Aleph
“we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid.
For he himself could not speak his deeper secret.”
― The Prophet
For he himself could not speak his deeper secret.”
― The Prophet
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible,”
― The Design of Everyday Things
― The Design of Everyday Things
“Why did you decide to be an architect?"
"I didn't know it then. But it's because I've never believed in God."
"Come on, talk sense."
"Because I love this earth. That's all I love. I don't like the shape of things on this earth. I want to change them."
"For whom?"
"For myself."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-two."
"Where did you hear all that?"
"I didn't."
"Men don't talk like that at twenty-two. You're abnormal."
"Probably."
"I didn't mean it as a compliment."
"I didn't either.”
― The Fountainhead
"I didn't know it then. But it's because I've never believed in God."
"Come on, talk sense."
"Because I love this earth. That's all I love. I don't like the shape of things on this earth. I want to change them."
"For whom?"
"For myself."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-two."
"Where did you hear all that?"
"I didn't."
"Men don't talk like that at twenty-two. You're abnormal."
"Probably."
"I didn't mean it as a compliment."
"I didn't either.”
― The Fountainhead
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