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“But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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“stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

tags: conscience, majority, right-and-wrong, truth, wrong

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“though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't
prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way...”
― Albert Camus

tags: the-plague

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“But what does it mean, the plague? It's life, that's all.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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Books I Loathed — 1959 members — last activity Jul 05, 2026 05:52AM
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more

YA Reads for Teachers (And Any Other Adults!) — 1918 members — last activity Aug 15, 2026 04:18PM
We are a group of educators (teachers, media specialists / librarians, and home school teachers) parents and other adult fans of young adult and child ...more

Rated YA-MA — 3090 members — last activity Jul 29, 2026 09:34AM
A group for adult lovers of Young Adult fiction. We feature a different YA book genres and topics with our group reads, in order to cater to a varie ...more