Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence. Norman O. Brown More Quotes by Norman O. Brown More Quotes From Norman O. Brown To be is to be vulnerable. Norman O. Brown vulnerability vulnerable The insane do not share the normal prejudice in favor of external reality. Norman O. Brown prejudice insane reality The view only changes for the lead dog. Norman O. Brown view only changes dog