Will Shoemaker

“any analysis of the gospel which did not begin and end with God's liberation of the oppressed was ipso facto unchristian.”
― James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed

“Perché ogni scelta ha un rovescio cioè una rinuncia, e così non c’è differenza tra l’atto di scegliere e l’atto di rinunciare.”
― Italo Calvino, Il castello dei destini incrociati

“We can pull atoms apart, peer back at the first light and predict the end of the universe with just a handful of equations, squiggly lines and arcane symbols that normal people cannot fathom, even though they hold sway over their lives. But it's not just regular folks; even scientists no longer comprehend the world. Take quantum mechanics, the crown jewel of our species, the most accurate, far-ranging and beautiful of all our physical theories. It lies behind the supremacy of our smartphones, behind the Internet, behind the coming promise of godlike computing power. It has completely reshaped our world. We know how to use it, it works as if by some strange miracle, and yet there is not a human soul, alive or dead, who actually gets it. The mind cannot come to grips with its paradoxes and contradictions. It's as if the theory had fallen to earth from another planet, and we simply scamper around it like apes, toying and playing with it, but with no true understanding.”
― Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

“Lasciatemi così. Ho fatto tutto il giro e ho capito. Il mondo si legge all’incontrario. Tutto è chiaro.”
― Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies