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“They were big and brave, superb scholars and scientists, musicians, actors and athletes, and they were idiots who were throwing it all away, even as their high culture lamented or roared in pain.”
― What We Can Know
― What We Can Know
“Time is not money, but a sacred free gift. Priceless.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Einmal sagte sie: "Ich finde, ein Mann, der mit einem Wal zusammengestoßen ist, braucht nicht ganz normal zu sein."
"Ich bin aber normal", erklärte ich.
"Ach!"
Es gibt Achs, mit denen könnte man Atomkerne schmelzen.”
― Der Allesforscher
"Ich bin aber normal", erklärte ich.
"Ach!"
Es gibt Achs, mit denen könnte man Atomkerne schmelzen.”
― Der Allesforscher
“The humanities are always in crisis. I no longer believe this is an institutional matter – it’s in the nature of intellectual life, or of thought itself. Thinking is always in crisis.”
― What We Can Know
― What We Can Know
“Hatte [die Französin] Glück, dass sie es noch rechtzeitig gemerkt hat? Und was bedeutet in diesem Zusammenhang 'rechtzeitig'? Und was 'Glück'? Sie hat ja alles verloren - das Glück und die Liebe. Meine Mutter hingegen hat nichts verloren. [...] Ihre letzte Erinnerung war Liebe. Dass sie wirklich glücklich war. So rede ich es mir schön, denn meine Mutter war nicht glücklich. Sie hat auf Glück gewartet.”
― Mama & Sam
― Mama & Sam
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