The Dispossessed

Book · 4 characters · 405 quotes · 1974

Quotes from The Dispossessed

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"We sought freedom and found responsibility"
Takver Freedom
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"The prison and the palace are built from the same stones"
Shevek Wisdom
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"Love is the only economy that cannot fail"
Takver Love
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"Physics is the poetry of reality"
Shevek Science
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"The word 'mine' is the beginning of all misery"
Shevek Philosophy
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"A gift given is a bond made"
Takver Relationships
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"The wall divides not stones but souls"
Shevek Justice
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"Time is the only real property"
Takver Time
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"In the end, we are all dispossessed"
Shevek Truth
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"We are the people who refused the chips and the chains"
Shevek Freedom
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"Faith in humanity is the ultimate risk"
Takver Faith
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"Motivation without purpose is hollow"
Shevek Motivation
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"The revolution is eternal"
Odo Change
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"Beauty exists beyond politics"
Takver Beauty
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"Solitude is both refuge and prison"
Shevek Solitude
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"The gift economy is the only true economy"
Odo Justice
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"We are prisoners of our own making"
Shevek Freedom
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"Knowledge belongs to all"
Shevek Education
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"Strength lies in refusing to dominate"
Takver Strength
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"Truth survives all systems"
Shevek Truth
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"The personal is always political"
Takver Politics
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"Progress demands sacrifice"
Sabul Politics
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"Kindness is the highest science"
Takver Kindness
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"The mind is a universe unto itself"
Shevek Imagination
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"We cannot escape our origins"
Shevek Philosophy
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"Work without choice is slavery"
Shevek Work
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"Authority is the original sin"
Odo Freedom
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"Distance creates both longing and truth"
Shevek Relationships
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"We build with words and will"
Odo Creativity
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"Patience is the virtue of the powerless"
Takver Patience