"When you have no picture of the world, you don't know how to make choices -- material, inconsequential or… — Salman Rushdie
"When you have no picture of the world, you don't know how to make choices -- material, inconsequential or moral. You don't know which way is up, or if you're coming or going, or how many beans make five."
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