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I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me.


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The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.



It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.



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...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.



To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.



I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.

I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.



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Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?



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Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?



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