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“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
― Island
― Island
“The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“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
“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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