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“Moloch merely shovels babies into the fire of productive capitalism. Mammon hooks them on the dead heroin of envy.”

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Hakim Bey is a renowned author, born in 1945. His works primarily explore themes of freedom, anarchism, and counterculture movements, having a profound impact on contemporary society. more

“A freedom or pleasure that rests on someone else's slavery or misery cannot finally satisfy the self because it is a limitation or narrowing of the self, an admission of impotence, an offense against generosity and justice. Our freedom depends on other people's freedom, for our fates are inextricably interwoven with others', especially with those we love.”

People Self Justice Pleasure Fate Depends Slavery Misery Limitation Generosity Offense Admission Impotence Those We Love

Author:Hakim Bey

“One may always attempt as much insight, love, freedom of thought and expression, justice and tolerance as possible for oneself and the very few people who share one's truest life. To be a 'free lord' in secret is better than being a public slave, a willing accomplice of repression and injustice.”

People May Justice Secret Lord Share Willing Expression Slave Injustice Oneself Insight Tolerance Repression Truest Freedom Of Thought Accomplices Love Freedom

Author:Hakim Bey

“Mummies are dehydrated & they long for the blood of living words.”

Long Blood Mummy

Author:Hakim Bey

“No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.”

Chance Millions Land Thousand Ten Insanity Valleys Second Chance No Second Chances

Author:Ry Cooder

“If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B."”

Ifs Should Mom Daughter Should Have Call Me

Author:Sarah Kay

“Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”

Way Hard Faces Waiting Air Wind Taste Kicks Get Back Stomach Lungs

Author:Sarah Kay

“You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.”

Sometimes Used Space Forget Fit Phones Emptiness Filling Phone Calls Postcards

Author:Sarah Kay

“My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.”

Stills Self Taste Mouths Self Confidence Teaspoons

Author:Sarah Kay

“Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.”

People Giving Humans Littles Moments Simple Taken Kissing Meetings Flesh Granted Consideration Little Things Touching Parting

Author:Sarah Kay

“It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.”

Doe Matter Strong Gravity

Author:Sarah Kay

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