201 quotes found
“Maybe the human brain is an object beyond the reach of metaphor, for the simple reason that it is the only object capable of creating metaphors to describe itself. There really is nothing else like...”
“Any profession of faithentrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.”
“It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along Id never even spent time around a man. Hell, Id never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?”
“All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.”
“Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.”
“Consumers are whats going to change the world, not necessarily industries or governments,”
“The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it").”
“Follow the rules until you make them.”
“I just want to live my own life instead of everyone elses version of it.”
“The true Epicurean cultivates the capacity to take pleasure in simple things, while those around him chase pleasure in more things.”
“The message to me was simple: you might change your whole life and lose love, but real good friends are REALLY fucking hard to come by, specifically if you live a life of intergalactic adventure.”
“Comfort is beauty muted by heroin. Sadness is beauty drained by lack of it.”
“And it's his illusions about whatconstitutes the real world which are inhibiting him...His reality, his reason, his society ... These are what must be destroyed”
“Finally I find it, the book, but as Im pulling it out of the stack I hear a noise coming from my toy room. It sounds like scratching or scraping maybe and my mind instantly goes to the possibility ...”
“The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to be a metaphor, which suggests a disconnect between truth and what's commonly re...”
“I am, as it were, the created creatinga paradox, for all its rhetorical trappings, at the beating heart of our shared human journey, and one I invite you to struggle with just as I have while, day ...”
“If we are called to attention by Gods Life and Holy Spirit, then the spiritual life is not a pleasant option we might like to pursue when we have space and time; it is that which is now creating it...”
“Such is life, imaginary or otherwise: a continuous parting of ways, a constant flux of approximation and distanciation, lines of fate intersecting at a point which is no-time, a theoretical crossro...”
“A man's words will always express what has been treasured in his heart.”
“Home. The word circled comfortably in my mouth like bubble gum, swished around sweetly soft and satisfying. Home. Try saying it aloud to yourself. Home. Isnt it like taking a bite of something love...”
