WednesdayJan 07, 2026
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An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question.
We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
In violence, we forget who we are.
The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is ... that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable ... the food we eat, the cramped apartments ... the crowded subways.... American life, in large cities, at any rate, is a perpetual assault of the senses and the nerves; it is out of asceticism, out of unworldliness, precisely, that we bear it.
People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.
If someone tells you he is going to make 'a realistic decision,' you immediately understand that he is going to do something bad.
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