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Philip K. Dick
“There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the sphere of the private. We must reasonably now all regard the fact that there are no secrets and nothing is private. Everything is public.”
Philip K. Dick

William S. Burroughs
“danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of
direct confrontation, you are immortal.”
William S. Burroughs, The Western Lands

Anthony Burgess
“When the State withers, humanity flowers.”
Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed

Robert A. Heinlein
“Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.”
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Thomas Pynchon
“Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.”
Thomas Pynchon

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