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“Hours passed—or maybe days. It didn’t matter. The body adapted. But the mind—
The mind needed purpose.
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― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
The mind needed purpose.
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― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Before and behind me, nothing but infernal things were made and sold, and I endured inbetween, infernally.”
― Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
― Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
“Lev was a man who appreciated the finer things in life. To him, Maeve was one of them.”
― Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
― Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
“After everyone went home, she often took a walk in the long summer evenings imagining she was looking for a party or a rave, which she never found. She usually ended up wandering in and out of the few shops that stayed open. This was not the life she’d imagined.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
“There is no word that admits of more various significations, and has made more varied impressions on the human mind, than that of liberty.” (Montesquieu) In order to exist, liberty and justice in a society, there should be equality in this society before them and together with them. Only then can we speak of humanism. Only socially equal personalities are free. And only free and equal in rights personalities could “love each other like brothers.”
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
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