"No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself."

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Source : John W. Campbell (2011). “Cloak of Aesir”, p.6, Hachette UK

John W. Campbell

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“Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.”

Source : Richard Adams (2014). “Watership Down”, p.129, Oneworld Publications
“At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over her male colleagues?”

Source : "Texas Gov. Calls Special Session, Reigniting Abortion Debate". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.kuow.org. June 27, 2013.
“To live intensely is a basic human necessity.”
“I have watched hundreds of Christians in my time become financially blessed then develop an acquisitive streak that in turn makes their souls as metallic as the coins they seek.”
“Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?”
“For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.”
“Los Angeles is like San Diego's older, uglier sister that has herpes.”
“The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays shut.”

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