108 Quotes

“The architect, like other workers in our endeavor, is facing the inevitability of a change of profession: he [sic] will no longer be a builder of forms alone, but a builder of complete ambiances.”
― Tom McDonough, The Situationists and the City: A Reader

“Frequently I go to conferences and listen to speakers decry the absent father as somehow a new phenomenon. Though their recriminations against absent or emotionally distant fathers are generally meant to help society, at the same time they are built on a lie that evolution disproves generation after generation. Fathers have often gone to war, or the long hunt on the savannah, or to work in another village or city. But only in the last decade or so have manhood and fathering been trashed completely.”
― Michael Gurian, The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men

“The sacred number 108 is the rhythm of the universe, representing the wholeness of existence—of body, mind, and spirit”
― Amit Ray, 72000 Nadis and 114 Chakras in Human Body for Healing and Meditation

“With other people she seemed so independent and remote, but with Connell she was different, a different person. He was the only one who knew her like that.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Every time my phone rings these days I get goosebumps and I fucking hate it.
Having a crush—and I've decided that is unfortunately what I'm afflicted with—is the worst thing that's ever happened to me.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating