"Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics."

-- Gregory Bateson

#World Quotes #Fantasy Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found, it must be guarded. Never must we confound it with pleasure. Nor think sorrow its exact opposite.”

Source : Mary Lavin (1981). “Selected stories”, Viking Pr
“I think if you want to eat more meat you should kill it yourself and eat it raw so that you are not blinded by the hypocrisy of having it processed for you.”
“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.”
“Using someone's name during a conversation was like a casual caress, like stroking their hair.”

Source : Harry Mulisch, Paul Vincent (1997). “The Discovery of Heaven”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.”
“Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.”
“I love fashion. But I love it in a different way than most people. I'm not obsessed with it. I'm just obsessed with looking good and wearing clothes that make me feel good.”
“We may seem the weakest and most insignificant of all the Realms, but our strength comes in other ways. We have what no other race has: imagination. Any one of us, even the lowliest, can create worlds within ourselves; we can people them with the most extraordinary creatures, the most amazing inventions, the most incredible things. We can live in those worlds ourselves, if we choose; and in our own worlds, we can be as we want to be. Imagination is as close as we will ever be to godhead, Poison, for in imagination, we can create wonders.”

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