"False dichotomies are often at the heart of discord."

-- Deborah Tannen

#Heart Quotes #Discord Quotes #Dichotomy Quotes

“You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin.”
“Beware of absolutes. There are many gods.”
“This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.”
“Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence that we have been domesticating crops and animals for at least 15,000 years, adapting ecosystems to our preferred way of life.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“One of the secrets in life is that we really lead a better life when we're living for others than we do when we're living for ourselves, and I think that's the way for our creator intended for it to be, is that if we can live for other people, we really leave this world in a different way.”
“Resentment is not morally superior to earning money.”
“I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, one as hated as the other.”
“I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car. Why shouldn't I want that? Everybody does. And when I have it, I want it all to work.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.78, Canongate Books

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