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“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
― A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
― A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“As for myself: I had come to the conclusion that there was nothing sacred about myself or about any human being, that we were all machines, doomed to collide and collide and collide.”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“To be radical is to grasp things by the root.”
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
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