Marcel Danesi > Quotes

“This has suggested to some that the very structure of human thought is oppositional-that is to say, rational and associative, rather than linear and categorical.”
― Marcel Danesi, X-Rated!: The Power of Mythic Symbolism in Popular Culture

“Author Mark Twain (1835–1910) had this take on riddles (both of the puzzling and the philosophical variety): “Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.”
― Marcel Danesi, The 125 Best Brain Teasers of All Time: A Mind-Blowing Challenge of Math, Logic, and Wordplay