"and she realized that she (her soul) was not at all involved, only her body, her body alone. The body that had betrayed her and that she had sent out into the world among other bodies."

-- Milan Kundera

#Soul Quotes #Body Quotes #Betrayed Quotes

“Alvin Plantinga is arguably the greatest philosopher of the last century.”
“If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.”
“I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political climate or a willingness to abide by past accords. But unfortunately it is more likely that the Egyptians or Syrians concluded that the next time their tanks headed to Tel Aviv, there was nothing stopping the counterassaults from ending up in downtown Cairo or Damascus.”
“I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control.”
“In tactics, no information is better than too much....because at some point the players stop reading and stop thinking.”
“It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.”
“I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is not equal, but I can't bear environments that make this truth so obvious.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.21, Macmillan
“Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.”

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