“I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really needed. I don't complain when Kant does it. Or when Aristotle introduces all kinds of new words; he needed them. But these other people [modern philosophers] are just obfuscating. It just makes me annoyed.” PeopleKnowsKindDoeDoneEnoughPhilosophyHateTermModernNeededI HatePhilosopherComplainingAll KindsIdeologyIntroducingAnnoyedJargonNew Words Author:William H. Gass
“Of course there is enough to stir our wonder anywhere; there's enough to love, anywhere, if one is strong enough, if one is diligent enough, if one is perceptive, patient, kind enough -- whatever it takes.” IfsKindEnoughCoursesStrongWonderPatientStrong EnoughDiligentWhatever It Takes Book:In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories Source: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories
“We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who take them with utter sober seriousness, the utter sober seriousness of right-wing parsons and political saviors, the owners of Pomeranians, are the liars who want to be believed, the novelists and poets, who know that the creatures they imagine have no other being than the sounding syllables which the reader will speak into his own weary and distracted head. There are no magic words. To say the words is magical enough.” KnowsWantMeanEnoughPoliticalSpeakImagineMagicPoetReaderCreaturesWingsSentencesOddNovelistsOwnersLiarsSaviorWearySoberDistractedSeriousnessRight WingSyllablesOdd ThingsMagic WordsPomeranians Author:William H. Gass
“The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a fault and boded no ill but thought well enough of themselves to repeat their presences.” WellsMatterEnoughNightSeasonsFaultsIllPeacefulRepeats Author:William H. Gass
