Quotes
Authors
Charles Yu

"nostalgia, underlying cosmological explanation for Weak but detectable interaction between two neighboring universes that are otherwise not causally connected. Manifests itself in humans as a feeling of missing a place one has never been, a place very much like oneâ€™s home universe, or as a longing for versions of oneâ€™s self that one will never, and can never know."

Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.47, Vintage

Charles Yu

#Home Quotes #Self Quotes #Two Quotes

“Can it be that action is active resignation? Something is trying to develop; it moves ever so slightly, and there comes your man of action and bashes in the hothouse windows.”
“You know I was just taking a dump one day, and then as I sat there I realized, I really do deserve better.”
“Israel criticizes Hitler a lot, so do we, but they've done something very similar, even worse, than what the Nazis did.”
“When all by myself, I can think of all kinds of clever remarks, quick comebacks to what no one said, and flashes of witty sociability with nobody. But all of this vanishes when I face someone in the flesh: I lose my intelligence, I can no longer speak, and after half an hour I just feel tired. Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial.”
“A man's style should be like his dress. It should be as unobtrusive and should attract as little attention as possible.”
“As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the wow factor, the intelligence factor, the I didn't see that coming factor?”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Iâ€™ve had many enemies over the years. If thereâ€™s one thing Iâ€™ve learned, itâ€™s never engage in a fight youâ€™re sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide your time and strike back when youâ€™re in a position of strengthâ€”even if you no longer need to strike back.”
“Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy.”

Source : Martin Heidegger (1999). “Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning”, p.307, Indiana University Press

You may also like: