"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
-Emily Bronte
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"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.“
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"The whole system of society tells you what to do."
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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