"Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him."

-- Bret Easton Ellis

#Zero Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Clay Quotes

“If we all aim to love ourselves, every bit, we will become love and radiate beauty to all those around us.”
“If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.”
“How can you communicate your thoughts or demonstrate your hypotheses by conventional means when all the values and standards that you want to challenge are built into those means? Science and new technology today like to declare that they encourage 'lateral thinking,' new ways of seeing and putting data together - but all systems have an inbuilt resistance to what has not been programmed into them through the premises on which their rules are based.”
“Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.”
“The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go,Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow.”
“There are always going to be jerks in the world . . . [but] there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.”
“When people try to stop free speech, stop people from talking, it creates pressure in the system that might cause people to act out.”

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“The Woodshed Orchestra trade in exuberance and might, a glistening thunderslap on the hind of musical atrophy. These songs leap from disc to lap, a many-legged beast trundling with joy and vision.”

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