"Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else."

-- Mark Twain

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“A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.”
“Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.”
“Co-operating critics comb the studios like big-league scouts, prepared to spot the art of the future and to take lead in establishing reputations. Art historians stand by ready with cameras and notebooks to make sure every novel detail is safe for the record. The tradition of the new has reduced all other traditions to triviality...”
“I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called She, who is not We, a girl who I will never be.”

Source : Lori Lansens (2009). “The Girls”, p.234, Vintage Canada
“He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand.”
“From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and rewards and punishments, I was pushed to theories of disequilibrium and disorder, and information and noise, as the keys to understanding economic progress.”
“There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.”
“Meditate. Let the light of the heart engulf you.”

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