"The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood."

-- Karl Kraus

#People Quotes #Language Quotes #Clarity Quotes

“Nature must be interpreted as matter, energy, and information”
“The more Chaotic I am, the more complete I am.”
“Every child should be placed on a doorstep to sell something. It's the best possible training for life.”
“What's it like, Lexy? You wake up and you feel - what? Heaviness, an ache inside, a weight, yes. A soft crumpling of the flesh. A feeling like all the surfaces inside you have been rubbed raw. A voice in your head - no, not voices, not like hearing voices, nothing that crazy, just your own inner voice, the one that says 'Turn left at the corner' or 'Don't forget to stop at the post office,' only now it's saying, 'I hate myself.' It's saying, 'I want to die.'”
“If you want prisoners to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear – never to see them again – you send them to Egypt.”

Source : "Extraordinary rendition: a backstory". www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2011.
“The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.”

Source : "Joe Biden, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan Trade Boasts". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2011.
“Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control.”

Source : "A Healthy Future for Immigrant Children Is a Healthy Future for the Nation" by Irwin Redlener, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2013.
“Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.”

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