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dc91d77 The house seemed so different at night. Everything was in its correct place, of course, but somehow the furniture seemed more angular and the pictures on the wall more one-dimensional. She remembered somebody saying that at night we are all strangers, even to ourselves, and this struck her as being true. strange strangers unfamiliar Alexander McCall Smith
ad7788f With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be. You always dread the unfamiliar. Surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally 'bright,' did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him. And wasn't it this bright boy you selected and tortured after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves again. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? books breach bright bullying burning conform constitution cowardice creativity critics different dread education equality examiners fliers free grabbers happiness image imagination imaginative-creators intellectual intelligence judge judgment jumpers knowers mind moutains racers rights runners school snatchers swimmers target tinkerers torture unfamiliar weapons Ray Bradbury
d0226df It is right that you should read according to your temperament, occupations, hobbies, and vocations. But it is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar, unwilling to explore the unfamiliar. In science, we respect the research worker. In literature, we should not always read the books blessed by the majority. literature unfamiliar Anaïs Nin
2f57ae0 Strangers should meet in unfamiliar areas. It's comforting. stranger unfamiliar Robert Ludlum
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