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“All women are lips, nothing but lips.”

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This book delves into the complexities of social structures and the role of the individual within them, offering a critical examination of societal norms and values. more

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Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian author known for his dystopian novel 'We'. Born on February 1, 1884, in Taganrog, Russia, he passed away on March 10, 1937. more

“I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to The wrong tendencies I was in the wrong place At the wrong time For the wrong reason And the wrong rhyme On the wrong day Of the wrong week Used the wrong method With the wrong technique Wrong Wrong.”

Reason Used House Born Week Method Technique Tendencies Rhyme Wrong Time Wrong Reasons Ascendancy Wrong Road

Author:Martin Gore

“The moon ... is a mad woman holding up her dress So that her white belly shines. Haughty, Impregnable, Ridiculous, Silent and white as a debauched queen.”

White Moon Dresses Mad Shining Silent Ridiculous Queens Belly Haughty

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.”

Moral Issues Morality Court Sentences Moral Issues

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Children are the boldest philosophers. They enter life naked, not covered by the smallest fig leaf of dogma, absolutes, creeds. This is why every question they ask is so absurdly naïve and so frighteningly complex.”

Children Philosophy Asks Absolutes Complexes Philosopher Naked Covered Creeds Dogma Smallest Leafs Figs

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Every genuine poet is necessarily a Columbus. America existed for centuries before Columbus but it was only Columbus who was able to track it down.”

Able America Poetry Century Poet Track Genuine Columbus

Book:We: Introduction by Will Self

Source: We: Introduction by Will Self

“There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.”

Way Inspirational Art Past Literature Risk Errors Excellent Predictions

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

“And tomorrow--who knows what happens? Do you get it? I don't know and no one knows--it's all unknown! You understand, that this is the end to the Known? This is the new, the improbable, the unpredictable.”

Knows Ends Happens Known Tomorrow Unpredictable Improbable

Book:We

Source: We

“We appeal, not to those who reject today in the name of a return to yesterday, not to those who are hopelessly deafened by today; we appeal to those who see the distant tomorrow -- and judge today in the name of tomorrow.”

Today Names Judging Return Tomorrow Yesterday Appeals Rejects

Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin

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