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“People like you to be something, preferably what they are.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“All great and precious things are lonely.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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