Ангел Тончев

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“A population of four million is not quantitatively but qualitatively different from an individual, because it involves systems of interaction among the individuals.”
― Paul Watzlawick, Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution

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“Beyond my body my veins are invisible.”
― Antonio Porchia

tags: things-as-they-are

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“I began my comedy as its only actor, and I come to the end of it as its only spectator.”
― Antonio Porchia, Voices

tags: detached-observer, wisdom

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“Near me nothing but distances.”
― Antonio Porchia, Voices

tags: solitude

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“My message to you is this: pretend that you have free will. It's essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don't. The reality isn't important: what's important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.”
― Ted Chiang, Exhalation