Takver

Character in The Dispossessed From: The Dispossessed

Shevek's partner and fellow anarchist, voice of emotional wisdom

127 quotes

"We are responsible for one another."
"To serve is to be free."
Freedom
"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."
Kindness
"The courage to change is the greatest strength."
Courage
"We are the people who refuse to live as slaves"
Freedom
"We must learn to live without dominion and without servitude"
Freedom
"We cannot own what we do not understand"
Wisdom
"The personal is political when all things are shared"
Politics
"The future is not predetermined; we make it with our hands"
Hope
"To love is to give up the illusion of possession"
Love
"Truth requires the courage to speak it alone"
Courage
"Art is the proof that we are more than survival machines"
Art
"We mistake security for freedom until we have neither"
Wisdom
"Dreams are maps to places we have not yet reached"
Dreams
"Strength is the capacity to endure contradiction"
Strength
"We die into the future with each passing moment"
Death
"Relationships thrive without ownership or obligation"
Relationships
"Fear is the price we pay for believing in scarcity"
Fear
"To be whole is to accept imperfection"
Wisdom
"Love is the only revolution that matters"
Love
"Art is the language of the free"
Art
"Patience is the virtue of the powerless"
Patience
"Kindness is the highest science"
Kindness
"The personal is always political"
Politics
"Strength lies in refusing to dominate"
Strength
"Beauty exists beyond politics"
Beauty
"Faith in humanity is the ultimate risk"
Faith
"Time is the only real property"
Time
"A gift given is a bond made"
Relationships
"Love is the only economy that cannot fail"
Love