"Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger."

-- Derek Landy

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“Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or not is another matter.”
“Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified sexuality, and- most germane to our argument here-"sharpened and unusually creative thinking" and "increased productivity"?”
“Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.”

Source : Cecil Beaton (1955). “I take great pleasure”
“Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was so fun!”

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“Man is like an onion. His potential is exposed one layer at a time until all he is, is known by all.”
“For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.”
“Man, says Protagoras, now has the wisdom necessary for life ... but he does not have political wisdom. At this point, people are living spread out and hence are at the mercy of stronger animals, who begin killing them off.... They seek to save themselves from the beasts by banding together and forming cities. But they do injustice to one another, at such close quarters, because they lack the political art. So, dispersed once more, they begin perishing again.”
“Haiti is closer to anarchy than it is to anything else.”

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