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Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time: 60+ Books in One Volume: Frankenstein, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Phantom Ship, The Birth Mark, The Headless Horseman…

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.”
― Albert Camus

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“The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

tags: criticism, freedom, freedom-of-thought, independence

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“We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Social Conquest of Earth

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“Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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“Sure there’s a catch,” Doc Daneeka replied. “Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn’t really crazy.” There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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