“The American Dream has become a death sentence of drudgery, consumerism, and fatalism: a garage sale where the best of the human spirit is bartered away for comfort, obedience and trinkets. It's unequivocally absurd.” HumansDreamSpiritComfortSentencesAbsurdObedienceAmerican DreamConsumerismHuman SpiritGarageDrudgeryFatalismDeath SentenceTrinketsGarage Sale Author:Zoltan Istvan
“When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.” MenMadeTwoPhilosophyThreeComfortSentencesDiscretion Book:Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“If you directly try to write about an idea, it will never be what you imagined. But if you're imagining through the building of sentences, through the characters, and paying attention to avoid ease and comfort yet still thinking about making the sentences work, you will get a shot at some real interesting stuff.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingStillsIdeasRealCharacterStuffInterestingAttentionBuildingComfortShotsSentencesPay AttentionEaseInteresting Stuff Author:Dana Spiotta
“You get older and you learn there is one sentence just four worlds long and if you can say it to yourself it offers more comfort than almost any other. It goes like this… Ready ” “Ready.” “At least I tried.” IfsWorldLongFourReadyComfortOffersSentencesOne Sentence Author:Ann Brashares