P 27 Quotes

“(...) when life suddenly changes and you’re left picking up the pieces. She says it’s actually how you pick up the pieces that defines you.”
― Jennifer Niven, Breathless

“(...) your thoughts can be the enemy, or you can make them your ally.”
― Anne Bogel, Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

“It was not that the ocean depths served the creatures there with darkness, to protect them from attack--a darkness they could light, as they needed, with luminescence--but vice versa: the darkness gave rise to those that were pressure-resistant and could illuminate themselves.”
― Stanisław Lem, Fiasco

“Purpose informed every scene on Earth, the planet that produced life, because every detail there had its "benefit," its teleology. True, it did not always--but billions of years of organic labor had accomplished much: thus flowers possessed color for the purpose of attracting insects, and clouds existed for the purpose of dropping rain on pastures and forests. Every form and thing was explained by some benefit...”
― Stanisław Lem, Fiasco

“Nous sommes si liés au monde du travail que nous ne voyons guère le mal qu'il nous fait. Il nous faut compter sur des observateurs venus d'autres âges ou d'autres cultures pour apprécier l’extrême gravité pathologique de notre situation présente.”
― Bob Black, Travailler, moi ? Jamais !