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“Democracy at its most base, supporting leaders only in return for their sating of greed. The ever-lasting nipple.”
― Donald E. Westlake, The Ax

“Hỡi ôi! Khi người ta mười bảy tuổi ai cũng mộng, nhưng chẳng một mộng nào thành sự thực bao giờ? Cuộc sống phũ phàng. Đời thì buồn mà kiếp người thì khổ lắm rồi. Sao họ còn muốn gây buồn, gây khổ cho nhau nữa?”
― Nhất Linh, Gánh hàng hoa

“I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me.”
― Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

“All systems of domination work by enveloping us in their narrative and superstitions in such a way that we cannot see beyond them. Taking a step or two back, finding a way to inspect them from the outside, allows us a glimpse of how imperfect, how ludicrous, they are. Securing this glimpse keeps you in touch with reality.”
― Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails