The Dispossessed

Book · 4 characters · 405 quotes · 1974

Quotes from The Dispossessed

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"Hope is the thing we cannot afford to lose."
Shevek Hope
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"We are all prisoners here, of time."
Takver Time
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"To make a gift of oneself, one must first own oneself."
Shevek Relationships
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"We have nothing to give but our labor."
Shevek Work
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"One cannot count on reward for righteousness."
Takver Wisdom
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"The user of a thing is not its owner."
Shevek Justice
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"We are the people of the world, not the world of the people."
Shevek Politics
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"Love is the only anarchist."
Shevek Love
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"All wealth is theft from the community."
Shevek Justice
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"We are prisoners of our own choices."
Takver Philosophy
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"To make a gift is pure action."
Shevek Kindness
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"Freedom is not a gift."
Shevek Freedom
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"The wall itself is not important."
Shevek Truth
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"One cannot have true relationship with someone who is in prison."
Takver Relationships
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"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Shevek Change
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty."
Shevek Wisdom
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"We are all each other's servants."
Shevek Justice
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"The idea of true journey is return to the origin."
Shevek Philosophy
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"The individual and the collective need not be enemies"
Shevek Politics
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"Time moves forward but memory holds us back"
Takver Time
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"Imagination is the only true inheritance"
Shevek Imagination
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"Strength comes from admitting weakness"
Takver Strength
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"The journey matters more than the destination"
Shevek Philosophy
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"Beauty exists in simplicity"
Takver Beauty
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"Hope requires only that we continue"
Shevek Hope
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"Kindness is the radical act"
Takver Kindness
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"The wall stands because we believe in it"
Shevek Philosophy
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"Science seeks truth; politics seeks control"
Shevek Science
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"Patience is the virtue of those with nothing to lose"
Takver Patience
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"Work without joy is slavery"
Shevek Work