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“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
On Fairy-Stories • J.R.R Tolkien“ "The real root of suffering is this never-ending and pointless pursuit of ephemeral feelings, which causes us to be in a constant state of tension, restlessness and dissatisfaction."”
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind • Yuval Noah Harari“There was need of a phantastic, indestructible optimism, and one far removed from all sense of reality, in order, for example, to discover in the shameful death of Christ really the highest salvation and the redemption of the world.”
Psychology of the Unconscious • Carl Gustav Jung“ I am unaware of anyone ... seriously suggesting ... biological features of the region's peoples that might have contributed. ”
Guns, Germs And Steel • Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)“If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.”
Never Give In! • Winston S Churchill