Freedom

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You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.

Freedom
Often, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
I want to seize my is. And like a bird I sing hallelujah into the air. And my song belongs to no one. But no passion suffered in pain and love is not followed by an hallelujah.

The Stream Of Life
I've never been free in my whole life. Inside I've always chased myself. I've become intolerable to myself. I live in a lacerating duality. I'm seemingly free, but I'm a prisoner inside of me.

A Breath of Life
And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.

The Passion According to G.H.
No particular reason for anything. I'm free - that's the main thing.
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech and to diversity of opinion, the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin.

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
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