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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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