"Great books are the ones that are urgent, life-changing, the ones that crack open the readerâ€™s skull and heart."

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Source : Siri Hustvedt (2012). “Living, Thinking, Looking: Essays”, p.63, Macmillan

Siri Hustvedt

#Life Changing Quotes #Book Quotes #Heart Quotes

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”
“So when a music artist puts an album out that can only be streamed, not downloaded, what happens? In Kanye West's case, apparently it gets pirated a lot.”

Source : "Kanye West's 'The Life Of Pablo' Sparks Rampant Piracy". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. February 29, 2016.
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
“Debating the concept of race does not mean that I in any way regard this as a quarrel between neighbors over where they come from. I have perhaps said enough when I said the alternative to assimilation is that immigrant groups form their own state or go away for lack of acceptance. Why should it be less serious if quarrels and dissensions are socially related? After all, the quarrels and dissensions between Russia and America are also not racial. And yet they seem to me extremely dangerous.”

Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
“As I am. As I am. All or not at all.”
“I am most scared of being bored”
“We're the first generation that doesn't need to be afraid of the media. We will become the media”
“I decided to do philosophy at university, with a view to becoming a professional philosopher. Being a rather unstable character, at some points I had doubts about becoming a professional philosopher, but the example of two of my teachers, Ezequiel de Olaso and Juan Rodriguez Larreta, made me confirm my original decision.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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