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“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behaviour, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Notre nation aura rapidement besoin de gens instruits, qui seront fiers de notre histoire, de notre patrimoine. Si nous voulons survivre, nous épanouir, il nous faudra des jeunes comme toi, Ojipik. Des hommes et des femmes instruits, en mesure de parler, d'écrire, de lire, de prendre la parole dans toutes les occasions. Tu sais, Ojipik, il y a un beau mot dans notre langue anishnabée qui se dit: Nibimatisiwin et qui signifie: "Tu te lèveras pour prendre la parole." C'est ce que toi, tu pourras faire, mon gars.”
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“I didn't have the heart to tell him everything, didn't have the courage to say, man, feeling like that's going to break you if you ain't careful.
"It's my first time, y'know," he said, as if I didn't know. "I hope I didn't do anything wrong. Did I make any mistakes?"
"Mistakes?" I tried hard not to laugh. "Well, let's see, your first mistake was asking that." Then I put my hands on his shoulders and pressed my forehead against his. "And your second one was you thinking you ever owed me a goddamn thing.”
― Jonny Appleseed
"It's my first time, y'know," he said, as if I didn't know. "I hope I didn't do anything wrong. Did I make any mistakes?"
"Mistakes?" I tried hard not to laugh. "Well, let's see, your first mistake was asking that." Then I put my hands on his shoulders and pressed my forehead against his. "And your second one was you thinking you ever owed me a goddamn thing.”
― Jonny Appleseed
“Le nombre de photos de chats publiées sur un compte Facebook est inversement proportionnel à la probabilité que l’usager soit un terroriste.”
― Six degrés de liberté
― Six degrés de liberté
“Le chasseur sait qu'après son passage la piste disparaîtra, minée par le soleil, engloutie par l'eau. On dirait que la piste attend qu'il soit passé avant de se démanteler. Dans quelques jours, nous traverserons le Cabonga en canot. Poné est comme une outarde. Il annonce le printemps et ça lui plaît. Avant l'arrivée des Blancs, nous savions ce que chaque année nous amènerait. Aujourd'hui, on ne sait plus rien. S'ils pouvaient donc nous laisser vivre en paix. C'est tout ce que nous demandons. Vivre dignement en paix. Nous le méritons bien.”
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