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“The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our chilhood behind.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
― Dune
― Dune
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything—you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.”
― Revolt in 2100
― Revolt in 2100
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