"The true human being ... is the meaning of the universe. He is a dancing star. He is the exploding singularity pregnant with infinite possibilities."

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“Oh, where does the light go when the light goes out?”

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“Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise.”

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“A man lusts to become a god ... and there is murder. Murder upon murder upon murder. Why is the world of men nothing but murder?”

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— Dave Eggers

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"All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality."

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"The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth."

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Business1767–1832

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