Carolina QuotesBrutes are merely brutal; men and women are capable of being devils and lunatics. They are no less capable of being fully human-even, occasionally, of being a bit more than fully human, of being saints, heroes and geniuses.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Introduction to You Are Not The Target by Laura Archera Huxley (1963)
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- 1963
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“Brutes are merely brutal; men and women are capable of being…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7DE896D966. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7de896d966
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