Brian

“The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“I am a man, and as foolish and weak as most men; if I have had an advantage over my fellows, it is that I have known this of myself, and have therefore known their weaknesses, and never presumed to find much more strength and wisdom in myself than I found in another. It was one of the sources of my power, that knowledge.”
― John Williams

“Independence was enriching, but most often it meant loss, isolation, and cultural deprivation,”
― Bernard Bailyn, Sometimes an Art: Nine Essays on History

“Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience.”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice