all this paradise

 

“Think of what a paradise this world would be

if men were kind and wise.”

 

~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

 

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the test

 

“Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of

its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”

 

~ Milan Kundera ~

 

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look back in anger

 

“There is nothing so cruel in this world

as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

 

~ Haruki Murakami ~

 

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TOUR DE BABEL

 

“A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel

where all are speakers and no hearers.”

 

~ Alexander Smith ~

 

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HEART

 

“The human heart is a strange vessel.

Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

 

~ Scott Westerfeld ~

 

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TRICKLE DOWN

 

“A nation will not survive morally or economically

when so few have so much and so many have so little.”

 

~ Bernie Sanders ~

 

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VIS LIBRES ET MEURS

 

“Freedom and responsibility aren’t interconnected things.

They are the same thing.”

 

~ Harry Browne ~

 

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TELL ME

 

“Hatred is something peculiar.

You will always find it strongest and most violent

where there is the lowest degree of culture.”

 

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

 

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THESE DARK DAYS

 

“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

 

~ Plato ~

 

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WAG THE DOG

 

“Any man can make mistakes,

but only an idiot persists in his error.”

 

~Marcus Tullius Cicero ~

 

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LOOK BACK IN ANGER

 

“There is nothing so cruel in this world

as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

 

~ Haruki Murakami ~

 

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THE STAIRCASE

 

“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

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EIGHT HEARTS

 

“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”

 

~ William Sharp ~

 

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BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY

 

“Humankind seems to have

an enormous capacity for savagery,

for brutality, for lack of empathy,

for lack of compassion.”

 

~ Annie Lennox ~

 

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HEART

 

“The human heart is a strange vessel.

Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

 

~ Scott Westerfeld ~

 

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A DEGENERATE NOSTALGIC ANIMAL

 

“Man need never have left the forest.

He is a degenerate nostalgic animal.”

 

~ Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ~

 

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TOUR DE BABEL

 

“A bottomless pit of violence,

a Tower of Babel where all

are speakers and no hearers.”

 

~ Alexander Smith ~

 

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ALL THIS PARADISE

 

“An intelligent hell would be better

than a stupid paradise.”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

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TO BE LOVED

 

“A heart to love, and in that heart,
Courage, to make’s love known.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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ALREADY THERE

 

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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