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> [Try to keep ourselves open, no matter how closed the world tries to make us sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-radin/try-to-keep-ourselves-open-no-matter-how-closed-the-world-tries-to/)

[Joshua Radin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-radin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/joshua-radin-24281_matter_try-to-keep-ourselves-open-no-matter-how_458854.jpg)

> [Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiromu-arakawa/even-when-our-eyes-are-closed-there-s-a-whole-world-that-exists/)

[Hiromu Arakawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiromu-arakawa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/hiromu-arakawa-7331_alchemist_even-when-our-eyes-are-closed-there-s-a_2064581.png)

> [When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/when-you-re-writing-it-s-as-if-you-re-within-a-kind-of-closed-world/)

[Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/michael-ondaatje-940_closed_when-you-re-writing-it-s-as-if-you-re-wi_637606.png)

> [We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-w-bush/we-don-t-want-an-america-that-is-closed-to-the-world-what-we-want-is/)

[George H. W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-w-bush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/george-h-w-bush-1459_america_we-don-t-want-an-america-that-is-closed_248647.png)

> [“Rebellion is impossible in a closed world where there is no way out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rebellion-is-impossible-in-a-closed-world-where-there-is-no-way-out/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/anonymous-1_impossible_rebellion-is-impossible-in-a-closed-worl_2457332.jpg)

> [I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-have-to-believe-that-when-my-eyes-are-closed-the-world-s-still/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/christopher-nolan-2670_believe_i-have-to-believe-that-when-my-eyes-are_579104.jpg)

> [People believe Loose Change because it proposes a closed world: comprehensible, controllable, small. Despite the great evil which runs it, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-monbiot/people-believe-loose-change-because-it-proposes-a-closed-world/)

[George Monbiot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-monbiot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/george-monbiot-2762_believe_people-believe-loose-change-because-it-p_409326.png)

> [We need games like 'A Closed World' for many reasons. When you hear another developer talk about how games need to grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-manuel/we-need-games-like-a-closed-world-for-many-reasons-when-you-hear/)

[Rob Manuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-manuel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/rob-manuel-11917_ability_we-need-games-like-a-closed-world-for-ma_1673821.jpg)

> [“Where’d that world go, that world when you’re a kid, and now I can’t remember noticing anything, not the smell of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/where-d-that-world-go-that-world-when-you-re-a-kid-and-now-i-can-t/)

[Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/megan-abbott-9549_shut-mouth_where-d-that-world-go-that-world-when-yo_432390.png)

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