"Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about."

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John D'Agata

#Talking Quotes #Borders Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.”
“The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. ...The real enemy then is humanity itself.”
“If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.”

Source : Peter Kreeft (2016). “Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs”, p.70, Ignatius Press
“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.”
“Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.”
“It is not difficult for one seal to make many impressions exactly alike, but to vary shapes almost infinitely, which is what God has done in creation, this is in truth a divine work.”
“But the world moves on, even when you donâ€™t want it to, even when change feels like the end of everything. It never stops. Thatâ€™s harsh and magical and somewhat comforting because nothing is immutable, however much we want it to be. Moments cannot be caught like fossils in amber, ever- perfect,ever-beautiful. They go dark and raw, full of shadows, leaving you with the memories. And the world moves on.”

Source : Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.149, Penguin
“The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.”

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