The god of sleep has an identical twin, Thanatos, the god of death.
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“In fact, most things that threaten to last forever often become quite annoying.”
― Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
― Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
“Colored people had it rough. Imagine: You’ve been brainwashed into believing that your blood is tainted. You’ve spent all your time assimilating and aspiring to whiteness. Then, just as you think you’re closing in on the finish line, some fucking guy named Nelson Mandela comes along and flips the country on its head. Now the finish line is back where the starting line was, and the benchmark is black. Black is in charge. Black is beautiful. Black is powerful. For centuries colored people were told: Blacks are monkeys. Don’t swing from the trees like them. Learn to walk upright like the white man. Then all of a sudden it’s Planet of the Apes, and the monkeys have taken over.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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