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Jenny Holzer
“In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy.”
Jenny Holzer

Theodor W. Adorno
“The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.”
Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory

Jenny Holzer
“BY YOUR RESPONSE TO DANGER IT IS
EASY TO TELL HOW YOU HAVE LIVED
AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU.
YOU SHOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE,
WHETHER YOU THINK YOU DESERVE TO,
AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE
IT'S ANY GOOD TO ACT.”
Jenny Holzer

Elif Batuman
“what does 'functioning normally' mean?" I asked.
"Being able to face the past. Having a normal sex life. Not lying awake all night in fits of anxiety."
"Oh. Are most people able to face the past and have normal sex lives?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I think they are," she said. "Anyway, if anyone is, it should be me. Deep down I have a talent for well-being. I can feel it."
I nodded. I thought she had it, too, a talent for well-being.”
Elif Batuman, The Idiot

Octavia E. Butler
“If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible”
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

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