"In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate â€˜act,â€™ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which discourse produces the effects that it names"

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Source : Judith Butler (2014). “Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex"”, p.2, Routledge

Judith Butler

#Practice Quotes #Names Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?”

Source : Shirley Jackson (2009). “Just an Ordinary Day: Stories”, p.161, Bantam
“The higher up, the harder the fall.”

Source : Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.114, Simon and Schuster
“Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.”
“Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.”
“Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.”
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.”
“We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.”
“My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.”

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