revelation of silence » quotations

regen

E. — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:51:45 +0000

“Als sie gestorben ist, deine Frau, was hast du da gemacht? Adam?”
– “Ich bin wahnsinnig geworden.”
“Und hast du seither noch einmal geliebt?”
– “Das ist wie mit dem Regen, Bruder. Man kann ihn nicht immer vermeiden.”
(Die Gabe des Schmerzes, Andrew Miller)

choices

E. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:38:37 +0000

“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise”. (Robert Fritz)

I’d like to believe that.

Then again, our teetering bulbs of dread and desire are crammed with different and disputed dreams.

In the end, every single choice might be a compromise: between yourself(s).

(thanks, Anne)

change

E. — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:21:56 +0000

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.”

– Charles Darwin

shore of ignorance

E. — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:41:02 +0000

“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As the island of our knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”

– John Archibald Wheeler

(via Abstruse Goose)

anger

E. — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:35:26 +0000

“Anger is momentary madness.”

(via Katharina)

balz

E. — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:42:14 +0000

“Bei der Balz stört jegliche Art von Würde.”

– L.K.