"True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence."

-- Alain de Botton

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“As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming.”

Source : Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.77, Broadway Books
“The only menace is inertia.”
“If you have a universe that was just the mirror image of the one we know about, then in fact, presumably it would have right-handed amino acids. That's why I'm only half kidding when I say there is a guy on the other side of the universe with his heart on the right hand side.”
“Die before the one whom you love; to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.”

Source : "Guru Granth Sahib", p. 83,
“Do I midnight snack? Not a lot, but sometimes. And it's usually Doritos Cooler Ranch. I know that's terrible, especially for a pro athlete, but they're just so good.”
“Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface.”
“When we can build community based on truth and authenticity, rather than masks, false perfection, and being phoney, we heal, connect, and thrive.”
“Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial."”

Source : "Autechre". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. February 18, 2008.

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