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It was clear that he had no purpose, no passion, no connection to others, not even those who were closest to him…So what did he want from life? Was it perhaps this emptiness inside — this lack of purpose — that sent him out to roam the
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“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Dehumanization is the first step in justifying voting against the rights of other people.”
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“People can laugh at you, it will do them good—laughter is always a medicine, healthful. People can think you are mad … just because they think you are mad, you don’t become mad.”
― Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
― Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“Money is beautiful, because it is a liberation … Wanting to go and die in Peking and not being able to is something that weighs on me like the idea of some imminent cataclysm.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, delivered the keynote. “Woe to our society if to be human becomes a heroic act,” he said.”
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
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