"It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water."

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Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.388, A&C Black

Jeffrey Eugenides

#Confused Quotes #Air Quotes #Water Quotes

“We forget the conditions - not only in slavery - but after slavery, when there was this purposeful locking out of African Americans from economic opportunity. Or we forget today's incarceration rates, and educational and housing discrimination; all of these things. We pretend that everything that has happened happened long ago, and then we act as if we all now just treat each other equally, everything will be fine.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I had been introduced to psychotherapy, in which the doctors let you talk, talk, talk, until you find the source of your problem or find another doctor.”
“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”
“We've all got the blood on our hands, we only receive what we demand.”
“All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.”
“The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to 'tidy up' the mess, as opposed to understanding it's a 'day one' issue and part of everything.”
“I don't agree with a core statement by most feminists, the statement by Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." Even as a schoolgirl I wasn't convinced by the claim that gender has nothing to do with biology and is only shaped by one's environment.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“As you reach for understanding, you find that your ladder of facts isnâ€™t long enough, and you try to extend it by adding a rung of faith. Eventually you see that the task is hopeless, and you put away your ladder of facts and go get a ladder of faith.”

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