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“I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“I dream too much and I don’t write enough and I’m trying to find god everywhere.”
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“Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.”
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“It is not too much to say that whoever wishes to become a truly moral human being ... must first divorce himself from all the prohibitions, crimes, and hypocrisies of the Christian church. If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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