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“Sprache in all ihren Facetten - ihr Lexikon, ihre Wortarten, ihre Zeitformen - ist für Menschen wie Wasser für Fische. Der Stoff unseres Denkens und Lebens, der uns formt und prägt, ohne dass wir uns seiner in Gänze bewusst wären. Wenn ich dieses Bewusstsein herstelle, wenn ich die Grenzen meiner eigenen Wahrnehmung spüre, dann löst das Demut in mir aus. Demut vor der Welt, die ich nur aus meinem eingeschränkten Blinkwinkel betrachte. Ich bin dafür dankbar für das Bewusstsein um die Existenz dieser Grenzen - ich hoffe sie bewahren mich davor, mit unwandelbaren Prämissen und Grundannahmen durch die Welt zu gehen. Das Bewusstsein für unsere Grenzen relativiert die Dinge, die wir ignorant voraussetzen. Die Dinge, die wir als universal postulieren - definieren sie doch nichts mehr als die Grenzen unseres Horizonts.”
Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein

Vivian Gornick
“So this was her condition: here in the kitchen she knew who she was, here in the kitchen she was restless and bored, here in the kitchen she functioned admirably, here in the kitchen she despised what she did. She would become angry over the 'emptiness of a woman's life' as she called it, then laugh with a delight I can still hear when she analysed some complicated bit of business going on in the alley.

Passive in the morning, rebellious in the afternoon, she was made and unmade daily. She fastened hungrily on the only substance available to her, became affectionate toward her own animation, then felt like a collaborator. How could she not be devoted to a life of such intense division? And how could I not be devoted to her devotion?”
Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

Emma Cline
“At that age, I was, first and foremost, a thing to be judged, and that shifted the power in every interaction onto the other person. The”
Emma Cline, The Girls

Vivian Gornick
“You’re growing old together,” she said to me. “You and what frightens you.”
Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

Vivian Gornick
“That space. It begins in the middle of my forehead and ends in the middle of my groin. It is, variously, as wide as my body, as narrow as a slit in a fortress wall. On days when thought flows freely or better yet clarifies with effort, it expands gloriously. On days when anxiety and self-pity crowd in, it shrinks, how fast it shrinks! When the space is wide and I occupy it fully, I taste the air, feel the light. I breathe evenly and slowly. I am peaceful and excited, beyond influence or threat. Nothing can touch me. I’m safe. I’m free. I’m thinking. When I lose the battle to think, the boundaries narrow, the air is polluted, the light clouds over. All is vapor and fog, and I have trouble breathing.”
Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

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