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“Maybe niceness is the wrong metric, I said. Of course it's really about power, Bobbi agreed. But it's harder to work out who has the power, so instead we rely on 'niceness' as a kind of stand-in. I mean this is an issue in public discourse. We end up asking like, is Israel 'nicer' than Palestine.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“The theories that drunkenness, laziness or inefficiency are the causes of poverty are so many devices invented and fostered by those who are selfishly interested in maintaining the present states of affairs, for the purpose of preventing us from discovering the real causes of our present condition.”
― The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
― The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“What really lies beneath our feet at each moment is not a usefulness, but an inaccessible netherworld that we can use because it is there. It is the Empire of the Capital X.”
― Towards Speculative Realism: Essays and Lectures
― Towards Speculative Realism: Essays and Lectures
“Paris … is loath to surrender itself to people who are in a hurry; it belongs to the dreamers.…”
― Paris
― Paris
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