Source: Radikal verbunden: Über traumatisierende Herrschaft und den spirituellen Aktivismus als Brücke zwischen sozio-politischem Aufdecken und mitfühlender Bezogenheit

“Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know.”

Storytelling Symbolism The Old Man And The Sea

Book:Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961

Source: Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961

“É bom que não tenhamos de tentar matar a lua, o sol ou as estrelas. Já é ruim viver no mar e ter de matar os nossos verdadeiros irmãos”

The Old Man And The Sea

Book:The Old Man and the Sea

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

“You’re frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds.”

Life Action Success Seeds Frustration Flowers

Book:Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I guess I'm more interested in why people feel they have to believe in God. Why can't it just be science? Science is wondrous. The night sky? Amazing. The inside of a human cell? Incredible. Something that tells us we're born bad and that people use to justify all their petty prejudices and awfulness? I dunno. I guess I believe in science. Science is enough.”

Science Religion

Book:The Sun Is Also a Star

Source: The Sun Is Also a Star

Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

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