"Most influential of all is the philosopher Stanley Cavell, and a younger generation of philosophers who have attempted to follow his pioneering work in thinking about literature philosophically."

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Philip Kitcher

#Thinking Quotes #Generations Quotes #Literature Quotes

“I began to see motorcyclists who had attached computer discs to their back mudflaps, because they made good reflectors. In a place called Xingwuying, locals climbed the Great Wall whenever they wanted to receive a cell phone signal.”

Source : Peter Hessler (2010). “Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip”, p.94, Canongate Books
“I grew up poor. My mother raised a family of four on between $9,000 and $15,000 a year.”
“Doubt is the father of invention.”
“The dictionary contains no metaphors.”

Source : Paul Ricoeur (2004). “The Rule of Metaphor: The Creation of Meaning in Language”, p.112, Routledge
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com
“Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but theremay never be two that love one another equally well.”
“A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.”
“My feelings about myself have been terrible.”

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