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“all which isn't singing is merely talking
and all talking's talking to oneself
(whether that oneself be sought or seeking
master or disciple sheep or wolf)”
― Poems - Gedichte
and all talking's talking to oneself
(whether that oneself be sought or seeking
master or disciple sheep or wolf)”
― Poems - Gedichte
“I see nothing. I do not move. It is an empty time, animal time, vigilant, I am submerged, under the earth and under time. I listen. Perhaps the waiting is a form of prayer.”
― Selected Plays of Hélène Cixous
― Selected Plays of Hélène Cixous
“Here they are, this once-prosperous couple, shocked, altered, dragged before the seat of the conqueror who'd promised it was only the servants and petty thieves who'd suffer.”
― The Snow Queen
― The Snow Queen
“Fear of “the other” may be an animating force for many supporters of far-right parties, but “inclusion” of the other within an inherently unjust system will not be powerful enough to defeat those forces.”
― No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
― No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
“As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.”
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