“I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart.”
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“Books can be immensely powerful. The ideas in them can change the way people think. Yet it was the Nazis and Stalin's officers who committed terrible crimes, and not Mein Kampf or the Communist Manifesto - and of course, the Manifesto contained many key ideas that are still relevant and important today, long after Stalin has gone. There is a crucial distinction between the book and its effect - it's crucial because if you talk about a book being harmful rather than its effect you begin to legitimise censorship. Abhorrent ideas need to be challenged by better ones, not banned.”
― Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions
― Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions
“My library is an archive of longings.”
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all”
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