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Delphi Collected Works of Fergus Hume (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 3)

by Fergus Hume

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“The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

tags: pleasure, responsibility

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“Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.”
― Thomas Stephen Szasz

tags: discipline, education

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“You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away

tags: cults, delusion, extremism, fanaticism, fanatics, guerrilla-decontextualism, madness, mental-health, neurosis, political-extremism, psychosis, religious-extremism, self-deception, zealots

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“Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories

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“Unfortunately, some family members are so psychotic that no matter how hard you try to forge a healthy relationship, nothing will help. Now that you're an adult, take refuge in the fact that some things are beyond your control. You owe it to yourself to steer clear of people who are harmful to your health.”
― Andrea Lavinthal, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out by Now – A Must-Have Bible for Women in Their Late 20s and 30s

tags: adulthood, decisions, family, family-relationships, growing-up

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