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“Voltaire said about God that ‘there is no God, but don’t tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night’. Hammurabi would have said the same about his principle of hierarchy, and Thomas Jefferson about human rights. Homo sapiens has no natural rights, just as spiders, hyenas and chimpanzees have no natural rights. But don’t tell that to our servants, lest they murder us at night.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
“I’m going to love Lily how I want to love her. Overwhelmingly, uncompromisingly. Look away if you have to.”
― Thrive
― Thrive
“Biology enables, Culture forbids.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“That painting is art because it terrified its first viewers. Art should be dangerous, you know. It should say something to society that society doesn’t want to hear. Do you know what the opposite of art is? Propaganda. There’s too much of that in the world. Not enough art. And certainly not enough of”
― The Red
― The Red
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