Carolina QuotesBe gentle with them, Timothy. They want to be free, but they don't know how. Teach them. Reassure them.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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Reported to be Huxley's last words to Timothy Leary, which Huxley whispered from his deathbed. Quoted in Timothy Leary, Flashbacks: A Personal and Cultural History of an Era (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990 [1983]), "Life on a Grounded Space Colony", p. 192
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- 1983
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- p. 192
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“Be gentle with them, Timothy. They want to be free, but they…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-43717CB202. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/43717cb202
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