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Such contradictions are an inseparable part of every human culture. In fact, they are culture’s engines, responsible for the creativity and dynamism of our species. Just as when two clashing musical notes played together force a piece of
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“Truth to life, at the start, to be sure; yet once the process gets under way, truth to art is the greater allegiance”
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“I love you." For a start, we'd better put these words on a high shelf; in a square box behind glass which we have to break with our elbow; in a bank. We shouldn't leave them lying around the house like a tube of vitamin C. If the words come too easily to hand, we'll use them without thought; we won't be able to resist. Oh, we say we won't, but we will. We'll get drunk, or lonely, or - likeliest of all - plain damn hopeful, and there are the words gone, used up, grubbied. We think we might be in love and we're trying out the words to see if they're appropriate? How can we know what we think till we hear what we say? Come off it; that won't wash. These are grand words; we must make sure we deserve them. Listen to them again: "I love you.”
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
“Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren't. They weren't even one of the questions. ”
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
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