“Mr. President, the demand I speak of is prompted by human nature itself,” he said, his voice rising. “And believe me, if the fanatics should ever succeed in preventing its being satisfied legitimately, the people will resort to narcotics
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“The space monkey continues, "Our culture has made us all the same. No one is truly white or black or rich, anymore. We all want the same. Individually, we are nothing.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“After half a day in a place—especially a foreign country—you’ve learned more than from all the books and articles you’ve read.”
― The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them
― The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them
“What you have to consider,” he says, "is the possibility that God doesn’t like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that can happen.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“A traveler can meet a man born in Poland, brought up in the Soviet Union, who now lives in Belarus – and he has never left his village.”
― Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
― Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
“Sometimes, when you go on foot there, when you walk in the woods near the old pagan temples, you feel something very strong. It is like the energy you feel in a church, or the energy you feel when a boy and a girl are in love and touch hands for the first time.”
― Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
― Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
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