"SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion; Sadness of domes[tic]ated birds; Sadness of fini[shi]ng a book; Sadness of remembering; Sadness of forgetting; Anxiety sadness..."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Life Quotes #Smart Quotes #Book Quotes

“You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.”
“As I wrote Working toward Whiteness, I came to see one historic task on the New Deal - and one in which it succeeded - as the fostering of fuller U.S. citizenship among immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and their kids. But this very achievement separated poorer and often despised immigrant workers from Europe and workers of color in unprecedented ways.”

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“A fever is an expression of inner rage.”
“- "Control what an interesting word for you to be dwelling on" - "I have other words" I scream the F-Word in my head, over and over again.”
“I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise.”
“The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.”
“I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.”
“It is quite normal to be racist, but it is criminal to remain one. Il est presque normal d'Ãªtre raciste, mais il est criminel de le demeurer.”

Source : "La Colère . Écrits Polémiques". Book by Pierre Bourgault, Volume 3, p. 297, 1996.

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