“The ancient dream of man to fly among the stars and go through the could and look down on the lands and seas has degenerated in its realization to the socialized and apathetic behavior of passengers who hardly look out the windows.”

—  Paul Goodman, book Growing Up Absurd

Source: Growing Up Absurd (1956), p. 144.

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American novelist, playwright, poet and psychotherapist 1911–1972

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