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Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

by Frank Trentmann

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”

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“Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our allegiance. Instead, we are self-made, independent, alone, and fragile, a biological species adapted to live in a biological world. What counts for long-term survival is intelligent self-understanding, based upon a greater independence of thought than that tolerated today even in our most advanced democratic societies.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence

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“On land ethic: A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”
― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

tags: environmental-ethics-humanism

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“Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

tags: thoughtful

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“The human impact on biodiversity, to put the matter as briefly as possible, is an attack on ourselves.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence

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“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

tags: art, arts-and-humanities, creative-process, writing

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