Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction
David MitchellTags: honesty
A man like me has no business with this substance "beauty," yet here she is, in these soundproofed chambers of my heart.
David MitchellThe organs of Venus are familiar to all, but oh, my brothers, the organ of Saturn is the bladder.
David MitchellIt'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace."
"It doesn't feel very all right."
"That's because it's not the end.
True knowledge without xperience is food without sustenance
David MitchellThe conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. But outrage is unwieldy to manufacture and handle. First, you need scrutiny; second, widespread awareness; only when this reaches a critical mass does public outrage explode into being. Any stage may be sabotaged. The world’s Alberto Grimaldis can fight scrutiny by burying truth in committees, dullness, and misinformation, or by intimidating the scrutinizers. They can extinguish awareness by dumbing down education, owning TV stations, paying ‘guest fees’ to leader writers, or just buying the media up. The media—and not just The Washington Post—is where democracies conduct their civil wars.
David MitchellCîți oameni atîtea adevăruri. Cînd și cînd, parcă zăresc un Adevăr mai adevărat, care se ascunde în spatele unor simulacre imprefecte, dar, cînd încerc sa m-apropii de el, se face nevăzut si se afundă si mai adîncă în mlaștina înșelătoare a dezacordului.
David MitchellTags: adevar credinta minciuna razboi
Ce învățătură se cere trasă? Că Pacea, oricît de plăcută în ochii Domnului Dumnezeului nostru, este o virtute cardinală numai dacă si vecinii văd lucrurile la fel.
David MitchellI understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention if only one can first conceive of doing so.
David Mitchell[...] Senecas Warnung an Nero: Ganz gleich, wie viele von uns du tötest, dein Nachfolger wird nicht darunter sein
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