

“Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to hold it together...he saw the true face of the twentieth century and chose to become a reflection of it, a parody of it. No one else saw the joke. That's why he was lonely.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen

“To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.”
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“علّمتها اللغات كما لقتنها الحياة.قالت إن ثمة حياة سرية في كل لغة، ومَنْ تعلم لغة واحدة عاش مرة واحدة، ومن تعلم ثلاث لغات عاش ثلاث مرات.قالت أيضا أن اللغة تفتح الرأس.والمرأة أول من يحتاج للرأس المفتوح لاستعماله في غرض المصير.”
― المجوس
― المجوس

“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
― On Suicide
― On Suicide

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