"A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance."

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Source : Muriel Spark (2015). “The Abbess of Crewe”, p.26, Canongate Books

Muriel Spark

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“A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.”
“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.”
“I was in the process of growing dreads, they were down to my lip. I could whip them back and forth. Then I just thought to myself, "Is this really me? Can I really do this?" So I washed them out and went to the barber shop. I told them to give me a mohawk. But then there was this teenager also getting one. I couldn't do that.”
“Give Donald Trump a chance. Be there for him. Come together as a nation.”
“There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.”
“I've been excited since I received a phone call from Paul Holmgren inviting me to represent the Flyers and Flyer fans at the alumni game of the Winter Classic weekend.”
“People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don't mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we're entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it's just not simple when it comes to freedom.”
“Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its imposition.”

Source : Andrzej Stasiuk (2009). “Fado”

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