"Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while we're writing. Or if it's a definition that we want to defend and uphold, we are given a sense of the boundaries within which we can work."

-- John D'Agata

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“Why are we honoring this man? Have we run out of human beings?”
“Giving styleâ€ to oneâ€™s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.”
“At the heart of it all, Passion exists to see a generation stake their lives on what matters most. For us, that's the fame of the One who rescues and restores, and the privilege we have to fully leverage our lives by amplifying His name in everything we do.”
“Avice for a human. 87. Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a Galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile. 88. Which is to say: don't kill yourself. Even when the darkness is total. Always know that life is not still. Time is space. You are moving through that galaxy. Wait for the stars.”
“The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.”
“The desert sky is encircling, majestic, terrible.”

Source : Paul Shepard (2010). “Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature”, p.43, University of Georgia Press
“If a tree fell in the forest, and you were the only one there to hear it; if its fall to the ground didnâ€™t make a sound, would you panic in fear that you didnâ€™t exist, or would you bask in the bliss of your nothingness?”
“You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.”

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