Maria Johansen

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“Måske vil du en dag græde med en engels tårer, men du vil også finde de vinger, der
kan løfte andre til at se med hjertet. Fordi hver en tåre, du græder i dit liv, vil blive din styrke. Alt det står skrevet i dine øjne, og jeg vil derfor give dig navnet Frmesk, fordi du er en blid tåre faldet ned her hos os.”
― Sara Omar, Dødevaskeren

“Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she expose the bad feelings that get hidden, displaced, or negated under public signs of joy? Does bad feeling enter the room when somebody expresses anger about things, or could anger be the moment when the bad feelings that circulate through objects get brought to the surface in a certain way?”
― Sara Ahmed, The Promise of Happiness

“This is why the conflict between rationalism and irrationalism has become the most important intellectual, and perhaps even moral, issue of our time.”
― Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies