"Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it."

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Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

Monique Wittig

#Reality Quotes #Body Quotes #Language Quotes

“Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.”

Source : Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed.”
“Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.”
“We're finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it's going to be a big one: the ecological collapse of the planet.”
“I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.”
“This skin, this hair, all this outside stuff. It isn't me. It's just my package. It's like the wrapper around the sweet; it isn't the sweet itself. What we really are is all inside the package. All our feelings. All our good moods and bad moods. All our ideas, our cleverness, our love, that's what a person really is. It's called a spirit.”

Source : Colin Cotterill (2017). “The Coroner's Lunch”, p.195, Soho Press
“Chess is a beautiful mistress.”
“There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content.”

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