And that “way” is progress: the notion that we are going somewhere. We assume that there is a horizon, that we are heading to it, and on the way, we drop everything that does not matter, everything that is left, sub-humanity – some of us
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“You have these lines you won’t cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won’t instantly come to an end. You’ve taken a big, black, bold line and you’ve made it a little bit gray. And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and you think, There was a line here once, I think.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“That’s the glory of being a man. An ugly face isn’t the end of you.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“But knowing you’re good can only take you so far. At some point, you need someone else to see it, too. Appreciation from people you admire changes how you see yourself.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“But at some point, you have to recognize that you have no control over anybody and you have to step back and be ready to catch them when they fall and that's all you can do. It feels like throwing yourself to sea. Or, maybe not that. Maybe it's more like throwing someone you love out to sea and then praying they float on their own, knowing they might well drown and you'll have to watch.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“DAISY: I used to care when men called me difficult. I really did. Then I stopped. This way is better.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
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