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“Intellectuals sign petitions, perhaps march in the streets, attempt their own soundbites when broadcasting, but confine their extended energies to debate and discourse among themselves.”
― Stephen Chan, The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism

“We relished the small freedoms granted to us, but wanted more. We read Ginsberg’s Howl, and longed for the day when we too could sing out of our windows in despair.”
― Ma Jian, Beijing Coma

“The information we work with is frequently updated as we receive new materials and as the content of various projects evolves. Documents and papers quickly pile up. Even if we tidy our desk once, to keep it that way we need to stay on top of it, and that requires a mindset that keeps us motivated, an understanding of why we want to tidy up.”
― Marie Kondō, Joy at Work: The Life-Changing Magic of Organising Your Working Life

“my practice is always to stage incommensurate approaches to a problem/object in order to attend to its instability, density, and openness.”
― Lauren Berlant, Desire/Love