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“The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
― The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
― The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
“That is another of your odd notions," said the Prefect, who had a fashion of calling every thing "odd" that was beyond his comprehension, and thus lived amid an absolute legion of "oddities.”
― The Purloined Letter
― The Purloined Letter
“I can explain myself: If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street. I’m not joking. You’ve been told to look both ways before crossing the street, and the sidewalk is your friend, right? Wrong. I’ve spent years walking sidewalks at night. I’ve looked around me when it was dark, when there were men following me, creeping out of alleyways, attempting to goad me into speaking to them and shouting obscenities at me when I wouldn’t, and I suddenly realised that the only place left to go was the middle of street. But why would I risk it? Because the odds are in my favour. In the States, someone is killed in a car accident on average every 12.5 minutes, while someone is raped on average every 2.5 minutes. Even when factoring in that, one, I am generously including ALL car-related accidents and not just those involving accidents, and two, that the vast majorities of rapes still go unreported […] And, thus, this is now the way I live my life: out in the open, in the middle of everything, because the middle of the street is actually the safest place to walk.”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
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