"Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark."

-- Ivan Illich

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“There is a contradiction between market liberalism and political liberalism. The market liberals (e.g., social conservatives) of today want family values, less government, and maintain the traditions of society (at least in America's case). However, we must face the cultural contradiction of capitalism: the progress of capitalism, which necessitates a consumer culture, undermines the values which render capitalism possible”
“I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel For words, like nature, half reveal And half conceal the soul within. But, for the unquiet heart and brain A use measured language lie's The sad mechanic exercise Like dull narcotic's, numbing pain In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er Like coarsest clothes against the cold But large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more.”
“It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.”
“My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.”

Source : Corinna Thierolf, Dan Flavin, Johannes Vogt (2009). “Dan Flavin: Icons”, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh
“I hope my kids learn to put themselves first.”
“There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?”

Source : Joseph Boyden (2009). “Through Black Spruce: A Novel”, p.258, Penguin
“A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.”
“When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.”

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