"I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly equipped; after a surplus of emotional information the system overloads, the circuit breaks, the board runs dark. That's what shock is."

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Source : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.14, Random House

Darin Strauss

#Running Quotes #Dark Quotes #Emotional Quotes

“It is my experience that proofs involving matrices can be shortened by 50% if one throws the matrices out.”

Source : Emil Artin (2016). “Geometric Algebra”, p.14, Courier Dover Publications
“I guess that makes our biggest weakness lack of strength.”
“The societies that work build an infrastructure of care as well as an infrastructure of capitalism.”
“Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The whole world is tense. Everybody gets the international news. Theres been no American comedy at all that even remotely addresses the subject in any way. My goal isnt to solve the worlds problems. My character wasnt even able to do his assignment. But the premise of wanting to find out about somebody -- other than the stuff that the CIA will tell you -- theres no hope unless we do that.”
“All things that have form eventually decay." -Orochimaru”
“Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes. To do so will require the efforts of us all-teachers, administrators, taxpayers and statesmen. Education is a social process, perhaps the most important process in determining the future of our country; it should command a far larger portion of our national income than it does today.”
“God can only be of service to me and I to him, not in the past, nor in the future, but only right now in this moment.”

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