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“When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.”

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Mason Cooley was an enigmatic writer and critic whose works spanned a wide range of subjects, including philosophy, literature, and everyday life. Known for his concise, profound, and humorous style, he was greatly admired by readers. more

“But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of all work, that the whole social structure rests on them; that the possessions of the others are absolutely worthless to them without the workers' activity; that such protests, such strikes, are inherent in the system of property and will continually recur until the whole thing is abolished - and having shown that effectively, proceed to expropriate.”

Whole Shows Social Grows Can Do Class Activity Organization Structure Property Workers Possession Strikes Protest Inherent Working Class Worthless Possessing Social Structure

Author:Voltairine de Cleyre

“You convinced yourselves we're just a bunch of regular lads who got a bad break in life. Anything else would have cracked your dream open and made you face reality. Illusion is easy. Illusion is the loser's way out. Your way.”

Way Made Dream Reality Faces Easy Break Illusion Convinced Bunch Your Dreams Loser Cracked Lad

Book:The Reality Dysfunction

Source: The Reality Dysfunction

“He awoke, opened his eye. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which he had just come. If he had not the energy to ascertain his position in time and space, he also lacked the desire. ... In utter comfort, utter relaxation he lay absolutely still for a while, and then sank back into on the the light momentary sleeps that occur after a long, profound one.”

Ifs Littles Long Stills Light Eye Desire Energy Sleep Space Rooms Position Comfort Lays Profound His Eyes Relaxation Time And Space Momentary

Author:Paul Bowles

“In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.”

Love Kind Matter Dream Universe Lifetime Certainty Ambiguity County

Author:Robert James Waller

“Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.”

Said Knowing Depends

Book:Beloved

Source: Beloved

“We're not going to break anything. Don't think of it as breaking in to SeaWorld. Think of it as visiting SeaWorld in the middle of the night for free.”

Thinking Night Break Middle Visiting Middle Of The Night

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

“I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down on your calf and try to suck out the snake poison.”

Knows Trying Wells Reason Morning Poison Snakes Calves

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

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