Thought, literature, freedom, definitions, reading books, war, and mascara

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One's thoughts are often reiterated in literature. Is man doomed to repeat the education process, to start from ground zero, and unknowingly plagiarize the thoughts of others from the past?

Freedom does not come from having options, but instead from being willing to accept the consequences of the options. There is no freedom in the option of leaping off a building.

In time all definitions must be revised. The capitalists really do know what's going on. (written after seeing an oldsmobile add with this theme)

One feels uneducated after reading books by people who own thesauruses.

We saw your mascara running down your face. You were crying about war. You wanted mascara but now war. But you didn't know that was impossible.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.