Cory Shaw

“I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors

“We tend to see math and science as a steady state of facts rather than as the accumulated knowledge of linear traditions. As Korzybski put it, we see further because we “stand on the shoulders”5 of the previous generation. The danger of such a position is that we can forget to put our own feet on the ground.”
― Douglas Rushkoff, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now

“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

“We would rather see girls stopped dead—stuck in a constant childhood that never decays—than let them grow into women who can pursue their desires.”
― Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers