“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.”
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“Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.”
― Night Flight
― Night Flight
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.”
― Wind, Sand and Stars
― Wind, Sand and Stars
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