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Quote by Meghan O'Rourke

“Suddenly it was fall, the season of death, the anniversary of things-going-to-hell.”

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Meghan O'Rourke is an American poet born in 1976. Her work is known for its profound emotion and unique style, exploring themes such as love, death, and identity. more

“Much of Hamlet is about the precise kind of slippage the mourner experiences: the difference between being and seeming, the uncertainty about how the inner translates into the outer, the sense that one is expected to perform grief palatably. (If you don’t seem sad, people worry; but if you are grief-stricken, people flinch away from your pain.)”

People Ifs Kind Seems Pain Differences Grief Worry Expected Uncertainty Translate Precise Seeming

Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir

Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir

“To really love Joan Didion—to have been blown over by things like the smell of jasmine and the packing list she kept by her suitcase—you have to be female.”

Has Beens Female Smell Lists Suitcases Packing Jasmine

Author:Caitlin Flanagan

“We created computers as an extension of our brains, and now we're connecting through those computers and the Internet cloud as a way of expanding them.”

Way Brain Internet Computer Clouds Extensions Expanding Connecting

Author:Tiffany Shlain

“It's not the world wide web. It's the women wide web.”

World Wide World Wide Web

Author:Tiffany Shlain

“Imagine the potential of an emerging global brain.”

Brain Imagine Emerging

Author:Tiffany Shlain

“In one of his books my father said, "Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse."”

Mortals Curse

Author:Tiffany Shlain

“Big Data allows us to see patterns we have never seen before. This will clearly show us interdependence and connections that will lead to a new way of looking at everything. It will let us see the ‘real-time’ cause and effect of our actions. What we buy, eat, donate, and throw away will be visual in a real-time map to see the ripple effect of our actions. That could only lead to mores-conscious behavior.”

Way Real Shows Bigs Action Causes Effects Behavior Conscious Connections Patterns Data Visuals Maps New Ways Our Actions Cause And Effect Ripple Interdependence Donate Ripple Effect

Author:Tiffany Shlain

“It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols of His providence, because we so imperfectly read the engravings of His heart.”

Heart Views Symbols Providence Shallow God's Love Dealings Defective

Author:Octavius Winslow

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