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“The present is now! The past is gone and already seems unreal! We have entered an age of blandness; it is safe to become outraged over small nuisances.”
“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
“If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse.”
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“There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.”
― The Place of Dead Roads
― The Place of Dead Roads
“You know a real friend?
Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone.”
― Last Words: The Final Journals
Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone.”
― Last Words: The Final Journals
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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