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"I'm not sure......... I just can not understand the point of discussing which is superior, dialogue or dissemiation. This has deviated from pragmatic reality. For in life, we resort to both ways of communication, not solely one of them.
But I reckon, it is plausible that the author trys to convince the reader that the communication patho -- the impossibility of mutuality -- is not something to be lament about." — May 04, 2019 12:09AM
"I'm not sure......... I just can not understand the point of discussing which is superior, dialogue or dissemiation. This has deviated from pragmatic reality. For in life, we resort to both ways of communication, not solely one of them.
But I reckon, it is plausible that the author trys to convince the reader that the communication patho -- the impossibility of mutuality -- is not something to be lament about." — May 04, 2019 12:09AM
“We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone. ”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
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