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With a care both conscious and reverential, Cynthia and I built a love which I believe inspired most who came near it. We felt it was our gift to the world.

— John Perry Barlow The Death of Cynthia Horner (1994)

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Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age.

My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no.

I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

Planet JH Weekly interview (2005)

You now have two distinct ways of gathering information beyond what you yourself can experience.

John Perry Barlow 2.0 (2004)

Cyberspace does not lie within your borders.

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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