"On the geometric level, we see certain physical elements repeated endlessly, combined in an almost endless variety of combinations... It is puzzling to realize that the elements, which seem like elementary building blocks, keep varying, and are different every time that they occur .... If the elements are different every time that they occur, evidently then, it cannot be the elements themselves which are repeating in a building or town; these so-called elements cannot be the ultimate "atomic" constituents of space."

-- Christopher Alexander

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“Music will always be my greatest passion.”
“Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.”

Source : Lillian Hellman (1952). “The Autumn Garden: Play in Three Acts”, p.35, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.”
“Our advanced and fashionable thinkers are, naturally, out on a wide swing of the pendulum, away from the previous swing of the pendulum.... They seem to have an un-argue-out-able position, as is the manner of sophists, but this is no guarantee that they are right.”
“The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.130, BoD – Books on Demand
“He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.”
“Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?”
“Desire is a word I'm tired of. I've been living with that word for years. Yes, of course, we're all desiring machines. I have sometimes wondered what people would want, if there were no advertising. And death, what other subject is there? It's the subject. It's our subject. It's the great human dilemma, that we die and know we will.”

Source : Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.

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