Quotes About Paradox

Thus always does history, whether of marsh or market place, end in paradox. The ultimate value in these marshes is wildness, and the crane is wildness incarnate. But all conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wildness left to cherish.

Thus always does history, whether or marsh or market place, end in paradox. The ultimate value in these marshes is wildness, and the crane is wildness incarnate. But all conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Quiero estudiar, quiero aprender, quiero escribir. Tengo veintidós años. No sé nada. Nada fundamental. No sé lo que debería haber aprendido hace muchos años. Nadie me enseñó nada. Sé, en cambio, lo que debería saber mucho después. De allí que me sienta anciana y niña al mismo tiempo.

rechazo a la inversa. Acepto para destruir. Digo sí para acentuar mi negación tácita.

Alguien me está gestando indefiniblemente. Sé que naceré muerta.

Hacer el amor adentro de nuestro abrazo significó una luz negra: la oscuridad se puso a brillar. Era la luz reencontrada, doblemente apagada pero de algún modo más viva que mil soles.

Mientras me río, no sé por qué, me siento impura. Cuando lloro, no sé por qué, me siento yo y me purifico.

La verdad es que aquí cada uno oye lo que quiere. El lenguaje es interpretativo. Los mensajes varían en el trayecto y nadie se da cuenta o a nadie le importa. Sí es también no o quizás . No es posible aceptar ni rechazar. Nacer es morir. Quedarse es partir.

Vamos en una cárcel racional que navega dentro de un loco.

You need contradictions to make an ideal.

But I've also come to see our respect for overwork as, perhaps a bit paradoxically, intellectually lazy. Measuring time is literally the easiest way to assess someone's dedication and productivity, but it's also very unreliable.

What if the novel in you is one you yourself would never read? A beach novel, a blockbuster, a long, windy, character-driven literary drama that ends sadly? What if the one novel in you is the opposite of your idea of yourself?

51. What if the novel in you is one you yourself would never read? A beach novel, a blockbuster, a long, windy, character-driven literary drama that ends sadly? What if the one novel in you is the opposite of your idea of yourself?

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

And he himself one vile antithesis.

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.

I [Nature] am called a mother, but I am a grave.

I just want to be master of my own time. It is ironic that someone in the watch business should not be in control of his time.

I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I actually do.