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“The punishment we suffer, if we refuse to take an interest in matters of government, is to live under the
government of worse men.”
― The Republic
government of worse men.”
― The Republic

“That awkward moment when you realize you’ve been making gay jokes in front of your gay kid for the last 17 years.”
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“If only they could have taken her mind along to the dry cleaner’s and emptied the pockets and steamed and cleansed it and reblocked it and brought it back in the morning. If only . .”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451

“Of course, the brain is a machine and a computer - everything in classical neurology is correct. But our mental processes, which constitute out being and life, are not just abstract and mechanical, but personal, as well - and, as such, involve not just classifying and categorising, but continual judging and feeling also. If this is missing, we become computer-like, as Dr P. was. And, by the same token, if we delete feeling and judging, the personal, from the cognitive sciences, we reduce them to something as defective as Dr P. - and we reduce our apprehension of the concrete and real.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

“The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
― Children of Blood and Bone

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