“Liberation—not a gift, not a self-achievement, but a mutual process.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“No one wants to die,” said Becka. “But some people don’t want to live in any of the ways that are allowed.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“Curiosity is a vice that has been stigmatized in turn by Christianity, by philosophy, and even by a certain conception of science. Curiosity is seen as futility. However, I like the word; it suggests something quite different to me. It evokes “care”; it evokes the care one takes of what exists and what might exist; a sharpened sense of reality, but one that is never immobilized before it; a readiness to find what surrounds us strange and odd; a certain determination to throw off familiar ways of thought and to look at the same things in a different way; a passion for seizing what is happening now and what is disappearing; a lack of respect for the traditional hierarchies of what is important and fundamental. I dream of a new age of curiosity.”
― Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings, 1977-1984
― Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings, 1977-1984
“What difference does it make that pedestrian touch carries the weight of the body rather than the weight of the object?”
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“There is a lot in life that is difficult, and there is no getting around that. Good conversation will not take away the shock of death or heal the sting of heartbreak. But isolation and stigma will inevitably make that pain so much worse.”
― Let's Talk About Hard Things
― Let's Talk About Hard Things
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