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“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.”
― Kōbō Abe, Kangaroo Notebook

tags: animals

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“They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

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“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: education, ignorance, indoctrination

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“A keener interest in trinkets of self-adornment than in people is a symptom of alienation.”
― Kōbō Abe, Kangaroo Notebook

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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: fantasy, literature, philosophy

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