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“The invention of printing radically changed ways of thinking ¾ not just how things are communicated, but what can be thought”

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Derrick de Kerckhove

Derrick de Kerckhove is a renowned author born in 1944. His works primarily explore the relationship between information technology, culture, and social change. more

“In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness carries identification. You know where it's been and you know where it's headed. Depression carries no papers. It enters your country unannounced and uninvited. Its origins are unknown, but its destination always dead-ends in you.”

Knows Ends Country Literature Sadness Paper Defense Psychological Carrie Destination Contests Papers Identification Dead Ends Uninvited

Author:Martha Manning

“Psychologists call it "free-floating" anxiety. What contradictory words. Anxiety doesn't free-float. It stalks. It attacks. It lands on you with a thud.”

Land Anxiety Floating Floats Contradictory Psychologist Stalking

Author:Martha Manning

“The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.”

Pain Joy Spirit Left Longing Infinity Lightness Vacancy

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“The bottom line is that my life has already almost slipped away from me. I have two choices: I can end it or I can fight like hell to save it.”

I Can Two Ends Choices Fighting Lines Hell Bottom Bottom Line Two Choices

Author:Martha Manning

“In these flashes of insight, I understand for a moment that one of the great dividends of darkness is an increased sensitivity to the light.”

Moments Light Darkness Insight Flash Sensitivity Dividends

Author:Martha Manning

“Sometimes hell has no words.”

Sometimes Hell

Author:Martha Manning

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