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“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.”
― Hope Against Hope
― Hope Against Hope
“I am an anti-capitalist because I believe we can improve on it. I believe that we can create the vision I have for a totalized system, a unified system, that can effectively do things. Stop global warming. Feed everybody. Settle disputes diplomatically, and when necessary, quash disputes militarily with proportional measure. This may sound unnecessarily harsh, but it needs to be said, because it is part and parcel of any type of system, if it is to be successful. This is what I think can save us.”
― Unfiltered Thought: A Political Philosophy
― Unfiltered Thought: A Political Philosophy
“That was the end of the first part of Paris. Paris was never to be the same again although it was always Paris and you changed as it changed. We never went back to the Vorarlberg and neither did the rich.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“Why's it so sunny?" she repeated.
Zooey observed her rather narrowly. "I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy," he said.”
― Franny and Zooey
Zooey observed her rather narrowly. "I bring the sun wherever I go, buddy," he said.”
― Franny and Zooey
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