"Chair or no chair: a binary relation. But the vicissitudes of moving the body around are infinite. You never know what a person in a chair can do."

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Source : Sarah Manguso (2011). “The Two Kinds of Decay”, p.49, Granta

Sarah Manguso

#Moving Quotes #Body Quotes #Infinite Quotes

“... the body, normally, is never in question: our bodies are beyond question, or perhaps beneath question - they are simply, unquestionably, there. This unquestionability of the body, is, for Wittgenstein, the start and basis of all knowledge and certainty.”
“The true Human Being is the Innermost, He does not have problems. The problems are from the mind.”
“Only the nonreader fears books.”
“It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.”
“If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the vase on a pedestal and shine a spotlight on the crack!”

Source : "Nobody's Perfect: How to Reclaim the Joy in Your Relationship". Interview with Laurie Sue Brockway, www.everydayhealth.com. February 16, 2012.
“We have a great life here in Alaska, and we're never going back to America again!”
“You know, when I'm looking at these '08 yachts that are for sale, I think "I could have just walked in with a briefcase of cash and put it on the table and walked out with a yacht."”
“I don't even know what that means. People who get credit have to get it from somewhere. Does a credit bubble mean that people save too much during that period? I don't know what a credit bubble means. I don't even know what a bubble means. These words have become popular. I don't think they have any meaning.”

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