"We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others."

Camus, Albert on Fallibility
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"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

Camus, Albert on Dissatisfaction
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"Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."

Bierce, Ambrose on Absurdity
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"The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window."

Burroughs, William S. on Nonviolence
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"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."

Burroughs, William S. on Space
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