Dan'S_mind

“Μερικές φορές σκέφτομαι τη δύναμη της τέχνης και της μελέτης της τέχνης και τρομάζω. Μερικές φορές δεν καταλαβαίνω γιατί οι άνθρωποι αλληλοσκοτώνονται, ενώ μπορούν να ασχοληθούν με τόσα πράγματα. Κι άλλοτε σκέφτομαι ότι είμαστε πρώτα κακόβουλα όντα κι έπειτα ποιητές, οπότε δεν υπάρχει σωτηρία.”
― Jaume Cabré, Jo confesso

“What causes Alzheimer’s disease is a burning question because that holds the key to preventing it. The answer depends on how you define cause. The immediate cause may well be the formation of tau or amyloid-beta filaments in the brain. However, an earlier and root cause is the cell’s inability to manage the excess of unfolded proteins that aggregate to form these filaments”
― Venki Ramakrishnan, Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

“Being pro-Israel, how strange, does not necessarily mean lack of anti-Semitism. You can love Israel and still think that there are a bunch of Jews out there who control world markets and world finance.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, The Lies They Tell

“In America, when you’re a Black man, you’re a boy. It doesn’t matter how old, or how educated. You’re a boy until the day you die. ‘Watch your mouth, boy. Don’t get smart, boy.’ ” He shrugged. “In France I’m a man.” “The Nazis don’t see you as a man.” “There are Nazis everywhere. They just go by different names.”
― Morgan Ryan, A Resistance of Witches