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“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat - and the boat is perpetually sinking.”
― Island
― Island
“It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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“Given the nature of spiders, webs are inevitable. And given the nature of human beings, so are religions. Spiders can't help making fly-traps, and men can't help making symbols. That's what the human brain is there for - the turn the chaos of given experience into a set of manageable symbols.”
― Island
― Island
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