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Voltaire
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
Voltaire

Nathaniel Hawthorne
“What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so in exorable as one's self!”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

Charles Bukowski
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
Charles Bukowski

Ayn Rand
“She thought how strange it would be if she ever said 'Hello' to him. One did not greet oneself each morning.”
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

Terry Pratchett
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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