Gaining Perspective Quotes

“She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation - was founded on illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides, Tess was only a passing thought.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“Life is high maintenance”
― Clifford Cohen

“A surreal combination of revulsion and wonder overwhelmed her, the feeling of betrayal, the scrape of a bear’s claw. Being an adult child did not equip her to deflect the wound.
“Women ought to interview their prospective partner’s children, don’t ya think?” She muttered, “I mean, from their first marriage, to see if the man they say they want to marry is really the man they want to marry!”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Right now, direct experience is privileged in many of the debates surrounding identity politics as the most relevant way to apprehend reality. Experience is clearly one way to know, yet there are many other ways as well.”
― Bell Hooks, Art on My Mind: Visual Politics