"We are in the grip of a scientific materialism, caught in a vicious cycle where our security today seems to depend on regimentation and weapons which will ruin us tomorrow."

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Charles Lindbergh

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“A sign, or representamen, is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity. It addresses somebody,that is, creates in the mind of that person an equivalent sign, or perhaps a more developed sign. That sign which it creates I call the interpretant of the first sign. The sign stands for something, its object. It stands for that object, not in all respects, but in reference to a sort of idea, which I have sometimes called the ground of the representamen.”
“The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.”
“I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody.”
“Write about winter in the summer.”

Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “The Abundance”, p.82, Canongate Books
“To stand still is to regress.”
“You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.”
“I was specifically referring to the regular everyday people that you come across on your come up. You never know if that intern that you disrespected might end up being the CEO of the company one day, you honestly never know who's who. It's easy to treat the stars and the executives with respect but how do you treat the security guards or the waiter that serves your food? You may have to cross that bridge later.”
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

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