"There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in."

-- Siri Hustvedt

#Sick Quotes #Phenomenology Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.”
“As our boys and men are all expecting to be Presidents, so our girls and women must all hold themselves in readiness to preside inthe White House; and in no city in the world can honest industry be more at a discount than in this capital of the government of the people.”
“I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?”
“Weâ€™ve got to stick together, thatâ€™s all I know. We all drive each other crazy at times, but I donâ€™t want to end up here alone, like the Hermit. Then this really would be Hell. Humans do such terrible things to each other that sometimes my brain tells me they must be evil. But my heart still isnâ€™t convinced. I just hope we can survive.”
“She gets on you under your skin like a tattoo she'll always be there!”
“The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451. It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of the possible. It could happen. It has happened.”
“The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, and can bear all things.”

Source : Joanna Baillie (1805). “Miscellaneous Plays. 2nd Ed. - London, Longman 1805”, p.113
“The world is a mysterious place and the very limitation of our senses in exploring it means we are sometimes aware of there being something beyond our ken.”

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