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“I've read and heard a lot of unbelievable stuff about those times when people lived in freedom -- that is, in disorganized wildness.”

Book:We: New Edition

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We: New Edition

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

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