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“I will repeat the following until I am hoarse: it is contagion that determines the fate of a theory in social science, not its validity.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“Discourse is not life; its time is not your time; in it, you will not be reconciled to death; you may have killed God beneath the weight of all that you have said; but don't imagine that, with all that you are saying you will make a man that will live longer than he.”
― The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language
― The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language
“Finding is losing something else.
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this”
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this”
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
“Deep in earth my love is lying
And I must weep alone.”
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And I must weep alone.”
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“I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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