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“You can show a dozen guys murderin' each other on TV but you can't ever show two people making love. A naked blade is reckoned to be less obscene than a naked woman.”
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
“Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“A naked blade is reckoned to be less obscene than a naked woman.”
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
― Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
“A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as ‘state’ and ‘society’ and ‘government’ have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame… as blame, guilt, responsibility are matters taking place inside human beings singly and nowhere else. But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world…aware that his effort will be less than perfect yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failure.
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“My point is that one person is responsible. Always. [...] In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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“My point is that one person is responsible. Always. [...] In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“If tempted by something that feels “altruistic,” examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
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