"While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them."

-- Emile Durkheim

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“By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “The Blacks: A Clown Show”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“In Amsterdam the water is the mistress and the land the vassal. throughout the city there are as many canals and drawbridges as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms.”
“It's much easier to cry or be angry, but to really laugh and genuinely be buoyant and laugh. That's hard if you don't really feel that way.”
“The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I'm overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon or the sun.”
“It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.”
“Christmas is a kindling of new fires.”
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
“I would also like to mention pianists like Michel Petrucciani or Chick Ð¡orea for whom I have great admiration in the jazz field.”

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