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Quote by Michel Foucault

“Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.”

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Michel Foucault was a French philosopher known for his critical analysis of knowledge, power, and discourse. His work covered a wide range of topics, including madness, prisons, sexuality, archaeology of knowledge, and biopolitics. Foucault's ideas have had a profound impact on postmodernism, critical theory, and cultural studies. more

“Marriage seemed like such a small space whenever I was in it. I liked the getting married. Courtship has a plotline. But there's no plot to being married. Just the same things over and over again. Same fights, same friends, same things you do on a Saturday. The repetition would start to get to me.”

Fighting Space Married Plot Repetition Saturday Being Married Getting Married Courtship Small Spaces

Book:The Jane Austen Book Club

Source: The Jane Austen Book Club

“Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.”

People Book Judging I Have Learned Judging A Book By Its Cover

Author:Shannon Hale

“It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions-that I had managaed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.”

Way Book Support Environment Alive Vicarious

Book:Black Boy

Source: Black Boy

Quote by Michel Foucault

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