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“It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Collected Essays 5: Philosophy, Autobiography and Miscellany

tags: cats, cynic, existence, suicide

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“I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.
I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

tags: india, indian, nationalism

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“You must abolish your slavery yourselves. Do not depend for its abolition upon god or a superman. Remember that it is not enough that a people are numerically in the majority. They must be always watchful, strong and self-respecting to attain and maintain success.We must shape our course ourselves and by ourselves.”
― B.R. Ambedkar

tags: atheism, slavery, sucess, untouchables

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“My room is so quiet and empty it hurts.”
― Nina LaCour, Hold Still

tags: lost, nina-lacour, sad, suicide

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“The protagonists of chaturvarnya do not seem to have considered what is to happen to women in their system. Are they also to be divided into four classes, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra? Or are they to be allowed to take the status of their husbands? If the status of the woman is to be the consequence of marriage, what becomes of the underlying principle of chaturvarnya—namely, that the status of a person should be based upon the worth of that person? If they are to be classified according to their worth, is their classification to be nominal or real?”
― B R Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition

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