"Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that we come to see others as objects to be accessedâ€”and only for the parts we find useful, comforting, or amusing."

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Source : Sherry Turkle (2011). “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”, p.154, Basic Books

Sherry Turkle

#Expectations Quotes #Risk Quotes #Comforting Quotes

“The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.”
“We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred and intolerance are allowed to take root. And we know that education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance and despair.”

Source : "Giffords Tragedy: What’s the Message to Young Women Considering Public Service?" by Gloria Feldt, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.
“The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.”
“The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars”
“And he's pressing into her and she into him, bodies shivering, like they are two scared, lost children, starving, starving to be touched, to be held, by someone, anyone, the first one they can find who seems familiar enough, safe enough, strong enough to rescue them. They breathe, heavy. Hard. Their fingers strain at cotton. And then they slow down. Stop. Hold. Rest. Before one of them, or both, begins to sob. Before they break another piece that needs to be fixed.”

Source : Lisa McMann (2010). “Wake”, p.152, Simon and Schuster
“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.”
“I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.”
“I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless”

Source : FaceBook post by Robert A. Caro from Jun 22, 2012

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