"Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance of the formalism and by a generous admixture of common sense, as well as a thorough understanding both of the basic concepts and of the technical details of the formal material used. It should not be supposed that the formalism can grind out philosophical results in a manner beyond the capacity of ordinary philosophical reasoning. There is no mathematical substitute for philosophy."

-- Saul Kripke

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“I'm drowning my brother drowning.”
“But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.”
“Since films and television have staged everything imaginable before it happens, a true event, taking place in the real world, brings to mind the landscape of films.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (1984). “Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays”, Vintage
“People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.”
“So far from genius discarding law, rather is it the supreme joy of genius to re-enact the eternal and unwritten law in the chamber of its own intel-lect.”
“The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.”
“I got swirling eyes and the capacity to shatter windows with my bare voice. Tod got teleportation and invisibility. The supernatural world is so far from fair.”

Source : Rachel Vincent (2010). “My Soul to Keep”, p.16, Harlequin
“I don't know about you, but my girlfriends have been my girlfriends forever, and they're my sisters and my family.”

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