“It's strange how the boundry between the knowing and the innocent is subconsciously patrolled.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
“Society today is based in its technology on thinking in terms of numbers. In its social organization, on the other hand, it is based on thinking in terms of words. It's in here that the real clash lies, between the literary mind and the mathematical mind.”
― The Black Cloud
― The Black Cloud
“Ja, herr pastor, jag förlåter dem, men icke mig själv! Att sysslolösa fruntimmer roa sig med välgörenhet, det är förlåtligt, det är bra, men att de kalla detta en vacker handling som blott är ett nöje, ett nöje större än andra genom den retelse som offentligheten, den största offentlighet som finns, nämligen publikationen i tryck, kan skänka den, det är skamligt.”
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“God did not hand down morality to us. We created God to embody our moral instincts.”
― Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
― Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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