Carolina QuotesWe cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 11
- work
- Island (1962)
- year
- 1962
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