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"It must be freely admitted that there is a sort of circle here from which it seems impossible to escape. In the order of efficient causes we assume ourselves free, in order that in the order of ends we may conceive ourselves as subject to these laws because we have attributed to ourselves freedom of will; for freedom and self-legislation of will are both autonomy..."
"You're nobody's rainbow. You're nobody's princess. You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you."
"Nearly all people stand in great horror of annihilation, and yet to give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself. Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul."
"I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do."
"But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn't spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can't agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress."
"Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly."
"But deciding not to have children is a very, very hard decision for a woman to make: the atmosphere is worryingly inconducive to saying, "I choose not to," or "it all sounds a bit vile, tbh." We call these women "selfish" The inference of the word "childless" is negative: one of lack, and loss. We think of nonmothers as rangy lone wolves--rattling around, as dangerous as teenage boys or men. We make women feel that their narrative has ground to a halt in their thirities if they don't "finish things" properly and have children."
"Nobody will live your life for you."
"Without asking her permission, someone is trying to intrude her life, draw her attention, in short, to bother her."
Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz
"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."
"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."
"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."
"One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages."
"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."
"I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle."
"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."
"I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
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