"We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. Itâ€™s absurd. We run the risk of warping whatâ€™s best in us"

-- Andre Gide

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“The claim is also sometimes made that science is as arbitrary or irrational as all other claims to knowledge, or that reason itself is an illusion. As Ethan Allen said Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle that they are labouring to dethrone. If they argue without reason, which they must do, in order to be consistent with themselves, they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument.”
“To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.”
“Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.”
“I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse to serve as an ersatz for Himmler.”

Source : "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, p. 5, 1995.
“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'”
“I think of New York City lost in stars forgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full;”

Source : Gregory Corso (1960). “The Happy Birthday of Death”, p.62, New Directions Publishing
“If you destroy a free market you create a black market.”
“One or two of the trips were a bit scary. Soldiers had me at gun point on one trip, locked me in my van all night and escorted me in and out of buildings when I wanted to wash.”

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