"Deconstruction insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional."

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Source : "Frère Jacques: The Politics of Deconstruction". Book by Terry Eagleton, 1984.

Terry Eagleton

#Truth Is Quotes #Deconstruction Quotes

“I haven't any thirst for revenge.”
“This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.301
“I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book.”
“Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead”

Source : Song: The Golden Age, Album: Sea Change, 2002
“She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything that otherwise would be hard to talk about. As I said, later I understood that someone who flees into honesty like that fears something, fears that her life will fill with something that can no longer be shared, a genuine secret, indescribable, unutterable.”
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
“Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred a celibate to a domestic life has been able to occupy a position of honor and usefulness.”
“Sometimes journeys begin long before their first step is taken”

Source : Colin Thubron (2011). “To a Mountain in Tibet”, p.12, Harper Collins

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