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Chaos, he informed me, was our only ruler. This massive swirl of dumb forces was what made us, accidentally, and would destroy us, imminently. It cared nothing for us, not our dreams, our intentions, our most virtuous of actions. “Never
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“Vi smickrar oss när vi påstår att misstron växer ur det svek vi blivit utsatta för. Så är det inte. Misstron växer ur den inskränkthet som består i att inte vilja bli lurad.”
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“I Abu Ghraib, och kanske också i al-Mima, tvingades offret att delta i framställandet av just den bild som gjorde våldet möjligt. Blicken var en nödvändig del av både tortyren och terrorattackerna. Min blick. Jag slöt ögonen, hårt.
Ett krig där blicken, den ömmaste beröring vi förmådde, hade blivit ett vapen.”
― De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar
Ett krig där blicken, den ömmaste beröring vi förmådde, hade blivit ett vapen.”
― De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar
“— Nu skall jag inte störa mer, säger jag.
— Väl bekomme, säger Jonas och låter datorn surra igång. Hör gärna av dig om du behöver mer experthjälp.”
― Dag ut och dag in med en dag i Dublin
— Väl bekomme, säger Jonas och låter datorn surra igång. Hör gärna av dig om du behöver mer experthjälp.”
― Dag ut och dag in med en dag i Dublin
“Taste, we assume, is innate, reflexive, immediate, involuntary, but we also speak of it as something to be acquired. It is a private, subjective matter, a badge of individual sovereignty, but at the same time a collectively held property, bundling us into clubs, cults, communities, and sociological stereotypes.”
― Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth
― Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth
“It is always the Age of Iron, and the Golden Age is always behind us, giving off a luster that illuminates the terminal shabbiness of our present condition.”
― Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
― Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
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