It is crucial that we notice what the model neglects. After all, how stark can we make the world?
Simon W. Dunlap, The Physics of Foams.
Karl Marx knew at least one abiding fear: that his historical “vision” might be reducible to his own personal narrowness.
Clinton Withers, The State of Fury.
The lesson of LSD: despite the hallucinations, the world persists.
Alexander Dottie, Man of Light—A Biography of Captain Al Hubbard.
When a text is published—i.e., printed, bound, and distributed as a book—it moves one step closer to the landfill.
Christopher Jayne, A Critique of Sincerity.
That actors can read—at all—has always been astonishing to me. (Alfred Hitchcock)
Pierce W. Hallows, A Basketful of Keys.
“Oh yes, it must be shocking. Or stunning. Or amazing. One of those words we love to abuse.” Cooper had that way of being at once mocking and respectful.
Carl Thrushmiller, The Silk Pillow.
An answer is only a restatement of the question.
Benedict Symes, A Meditation on Periodicity.
Positing randomness (rather than “determination”) does not remove the ontological question: What randomness? Where does it come from? What makes it the way of being?
Hugh Drummond, A Canine World.
Sophistication: an elaborate form of hollowness; an elaborate treatment of the surface.
Clive Morrow, A Crustacean’s Dictionary.
I think that evading a thought is not the same as having a thought. But these days, who can say?
Tanner Faust, A Scrapbook of Impertinent Interrogatives.
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