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“One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“hiraeth, a Welsh word that means a homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that maybe never was; it means nostalgia and yearning and grief for lost places.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
“Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion. But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. When human beings are governed by ‘thou shalt not’, the individual can practise a certain amount of eccentricity: when they are supposedly governed by ‘love’ or ‘reason’, he is under continuous pressure to make him behave and think in exactly the same way as everyone else.”
― Politics vs Literature
― Politics vs Literature
“Grant Gilmore: “In Heaven there will be no law, and the lion will lie down with the lamb….In Hell there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.”
― Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
― Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
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