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“If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.”
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“Monsters don’t exist. It’s men you should be afraid of, not monsters.”
― I'm Not Scared
― I'm Not Scared
“The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as though they were two different races, like Negroes and white men. But in reality there is no such difference. The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. Change places, and handy dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? Everyone who has mixed on equal terms with the poor knows this quite well. But the trouble is that intelligent, cultivated people, the very people who might be expected to have liberal opinions, never do mix with the poor. For what do the majority of educated people know about poverty?”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
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