Homage to Americans Quotes

“Respect is better than tolerance (2) for the very obverse and complement of its sternness: It does not just “bear” the others, nor just forbear to judge them. It takes them seriously, for respect is engaged regard, even appreciative receptivity. Tolerance permits, even finds, convenient slanting glances, averted eyes; respect looks the others full in the face, hears their words.”
― Eva Brann, Homage to Americans: Mile-High Meditations, Close Readings, and Time-Spanning Speculations

“It is a maxim of learning: To learn anything requires letting it be, but not letting it alone. Is there a way, a mode of engagement, of not letting things or people alone that yet lets them be—not tolerably, not as bearable, but really be?”
― Eva Brann, Homage to Americans: Mile-High Meditations, Close Readings, and Time-Spanning Speculations