“Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?”
― The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
― The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
“but we might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.”
― Tradition and the Individual Talent: An Essay
― Tradition and the Individual Talent: An Essay
“So, here you are
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Questions for Ada
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