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but what is terrible about industrialisation is that it makes escape necessary. In a system that generates masses, individualism is the only way out. But then what happens to community – to society?
Something I’ve thought a lot about the last year or two - capitalism has a singular focus on individual success; and yet, most of society doesn’t qualify as successful according to current western societal rules - having money and power. We’ve lost the sense of community that was necessary to survive - now, if you need money you get a loan, if you need help you hire a cleaner/sitter/driver/etc. We have only ourselves to rely on. And most of us are ready to snap under the pressure of being self reliant.
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
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“In part, that's because when we delay marriage, it's not just women who become independent. It's also men, who, like women, learn to clothe and feed themselves, to clean their homes iron their shirts and pack their own suitcases.”
― All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
― All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
“Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
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