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“A man who loses his privacy loses everything . . . And a man who gives it up of his own free will is a monster.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Intrusive, thoughtless people!” Franz Kafka, The Trial

“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“After a while you learn that privacy is something you can sell, but you can’t buy it back.” Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

“And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Tragedy . . . belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.” George Orwell, 1984

“Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

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