Oct 11, 2009 13:18
"...I realized, that night that other people had feelings and fears and that my interactions with them actually meant something, that I could make them happy or sad in the way I associated with them. Not only could I make them happy or sad, but I was responsible for the way I interacted with them. I suddenly felt responsible. I was supposed to make them happy. I was not supposed to make them sad."
"The genius of the American system is not freedom. The genius of the American system is checks and balances. Everybody is watching everybody else. Its as if our founding fathers knew, intrinsically, that the soul of man, unwatched, is perverse."
-Blue Like Jazz
Thank you Sara. I like this book. :-)
deep thoughts,
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