"The truth is always multiplex."

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Source : Samuel R. Delany (1977). “Empire star”, Macmillan Reference USA

Samuel R. Delany

#Truth Is Quotes

“If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly the machine will wear outâ€¦ but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”
“I have always wanted to own a homemade ice cream shop!”
“T is the Divinity that stirs within us.”
“I just love things that serve a duel purpose.”
“I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like the 'Hostel' movies. I don't like anything that is violence for violence's sake.”
“I did a series of dark, desperate women shoots, my exhibitions weren't being well received, and then 9/11 happened, and I said to myself, "Have I gone too far?" Now I look back and realize going out on a complete limb at the time was right - well, people seem to be really responding to my message now, anyhow!”
“When you hit a plateau you have to be willing to get a little bit worse before you get massively better.”
“In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental in persuading man to obey divine commandments.”

Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

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