"Language is the soul’s ozone layer and we thin it at our peril."

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Source : Sven Birkerts (2006). “The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age”, p.153, Macmillan

Sven Birkerts

#Ozone Quotes #Soul Quotes #Layers Quotes

“Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.”
“The secret of success is doing something you love, doing it well and being recognized for it”
“I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.”
“Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you.”
“Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures.”
“I'm not taking maternity leave from 'Big Brother.' I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, 'Don't worry. I can still do the show!”
“We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.”

Source : D. A. Carson (1996). “Exegetical Fallacies”, p.9, Baker Books
“Parents don't particularly care whether it's early infantile autism or whatever label the clinicians have put on it. All they want is treatment, and they want what's best for their child, whatever that is. And when it comes to treatment, it may be that there's much more shared interventions that don't make any difference what label we're putting on it.”

Source : "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part II: D". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 13, 2011.

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