"He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time."

-- August Strindberg

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“Most people spend less than 20 hrs a year learning about freedom, yet many wonder why it's in decline. Don't fight upstream. Instead, turn it around.”
“Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.”

Source : Robert Hewison (1987). “The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline”, Methuen
“When you always know what is right, where is freedom? No one chooses the wrong, Jacen Solo. Uncertainty sets you free." -Vergere”
“That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel.”
“When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.”

Source : Treetops pt. 2, ch. 11 (1991)
“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.”
“Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage and changed the concept of a musical performance. He created something that's still the basis of a lot of what's done today.”
“If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.”

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