“Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.”
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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.
You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going.
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
