Inversion Quotes

“The principle of laughter and the carnival spirit on which the grotesque is based destroys this limited seriousness and all pretense of an extratemporal meaning and unconditional value of necessity. It frees human consciousness, thought, and imagination for new potentialities. For this reason, great changes, even in the field of science, are always preceded by a certain carnival consciousness that prepares the way.”
― Mikhail Bakhtin

“A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me that I was coming out of a suffocating nightmare and that the low clouds flying before the wind were the shreds of an evil dream.”
― Blaise Cendrars, Moravagine

“Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.”
― Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

“Remember, if a teaching is not threatening to the ego, the armored archetype within us, then it’s not doing its job. So if people are fixated on chastity, a display of licentiousness will be useful. If someone thinks licentiousness is the path, then emphasize chastity. Sobriety, drunkenness. Logical thought, crazy thought.”
― Steven D. Goodman

“Exile me
From Planet Kardashian
'Darkness, rescue me'
I need true stars”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Paper and Ink Literary Zine: Best of The First Ten Years

“She who fights and runs away, may live to cower another day!”
― Daniel Thorman, The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure