Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is never given; it is won.
-A. Philip Randolph
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
-A. J. Liebling
The only way to achieve freedom is to free your mind from the world we live in.
-Salvatore Palladino
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
-Ambrose Bierce
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Be it life or business, it is only freedom that can nurture it. If you want the country
to grow, there is no solution other than setting your economy free.
-Deep Trivedi
Freedom is limited by the need to coexist.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
-Joseph O'connor
"Star of the Sea"
