"I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of."

-- Umberto Eco

#Book Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“Keep alive the fact that a mystery has come into existence and that a physical being serves as a house for this mystery.”
“Great success is a great temptation.”

Source : Theodore Parker (1864). “Miscellaneous Discourses”, p.130
“Many hunters and professional soldiers (especially snipers) have remarked how important it is during a stalk to not directly stare or even think hard about your quarry, else he will often sense it. While nobody can adequately explain it, this phenomenon has been noticed by so many people that its truth cannon be questioned”
“The world beyond 450 ppm atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the world that crosses carbon cycle tipping points that quickly take us to 1000 ppm, is a world not merely of endless regional resource wars around the globe. It is a world with dozens of Darfurs. It is a world of a hundred Katrinas, of countless environmental refugees”
“Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.”

Source : Nuruddin Farah (2015). “Hiding in Plain Sight”, p.18, Oneworld Publications
“The bad reviews get to me, believe me.”
“My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If I really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in Webster's or the Dictionary of American Slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.”
“I don't understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I'm amazed what people come up with when they look at them. There's one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.”

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