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“The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are "status quo" is the catastrophe. It is not an ever-present possibility but
what in each case is given. Thus hell is not
something that awaits us, but this life here and now.”
― The Arcades Project
what in each case is given. Thus hell is not
something that awaits us, but this life here and now.”
― The Arcades Project
“It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.”
― The Architecture of Happiness
― The Architecture of Happiness
“Wishing only wounds the heart.”
― Where Reasons End
― Where Reasons End
“The quality that we call beauty ... must always grow from the realities of life.”
― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
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