"... the body, normally, is never in question: our bodies are beyond question, or perhaps beneath question - they are simply, unquestionably, there. This unquestionability of the body, is, for Wittgenstein, the start and basis of all knowledge and certainty."

-- Oliver Sacks

#Body Quotes #Certainty Quotes #Bases Quotes

“Only 8% of our worry will come to pass. 92% of our worry is wasted. DON'T PANIC”
“The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.”
“In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide with that which we occupy in thinking of its whole dramatic effect.”
“Now I just have these reddish scars there. I guess I always will, although Goody says theyâ€™ll fade over time. I donâ€™t know if I want them to fade. That probably sounds totally freaky, but part of me doesnâ€™t want to forget what it felt like, even though it hurt. If I forget about the pain, I might also forget that it was a really stupid idea to do it in the first place.”
“I am afraid! It is not starving I fear, or talking to people, or even being alone. But I cannot bear to be useless and ineffectual. There must be some meaning to me, if not to my life; there must surely be some purpose that has my name written on it. If this is not so, if I am deceiving myself about this too, then why should I want to become real? What reason have I to live anywhere?”

Source : Peter S. Beagle (2003). “A fine and private place: The last unicorn”
“I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games.”
“We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car. We are sucking, sobbing, clinging, helpless babies.”

Source : Judith Viorst (2010). “Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.”

Source : The So-Called Human Race (1922) p. 163

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