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“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
― David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

“Did you know people get rich off of sadness? I want to meet the millionaire of American sadness. I want to look him in the eye, shake his hand, and say, 'it's been an honor to serve my country.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“But that day, as I sat on the tranquil shore, it was possible to believe one was gazing into eternity.”
― W.G. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn

“It's the price of rootlessness. Motion sickness. The only cure: to keep moving.”
― Tony Kushner, Angels in America