“If you're honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you're forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal.”

Source: Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
Context: If you're honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you're forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal. This puts you metaphysically on the run. America is full of metaphysical outlaws.

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