“Men are socialized to trust women until evidence to the contrary surfaces; women are socialized to be suspicious of men until an individual man earns trust.” MenIndividualEvidenceSurfaceContrarySuspiciousEarning Trust Book:Does feminism discriminate against men? Source: Does feminism discriminate against men?
“A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as well suited to affectations as to the affections. The letter is, by its natural shape, self-justifying; it is one's own evidence, deposition, a self-serving testimony. In a letter the writer holds all the cards, controls everything about himself and about those assertions he wishes to make concerning events or the worth of others. For completely self-centered characters, the letter form is a complex and rewarding activity.” WellsSelfCharacterFormWishNaturalEventsActivityShapesEvidenceLettersComplexesAffectionSurfaceDialogueCardsMaskServingFabricTestimonySelf CenteredAssertionSelf ServingOmniscient Book:Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature Source: Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature
“The surface of the moon is like nothing here on Earth! It's totally lacking any evidence of life. It has lots of fine, talcum-powderlike dust mixed with a complete variety of pebbles, rocks, and boulders. Many pebbles, fewer rocks, and even fewer boulders naturally make up its surface. The dust is a very fine, overall dark gray. And with no air molecules to separate the dust, it clings together like cement.” EarthTogetherDarkAirRocksFineMoonEvidenceSurfaceDustVarietyGrayFewerLackingMoleculesPebblesCementBoulders Author:Buzz Aldrin
“We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies our planet as home to life.” HomeExistenceWrittenPlanetsEvidenceSurfaceOur PlanetCivilisationBeacons Author:Brian Cox
“In spite of all evidence that life is discontinuous, a valley of rifts, and that random chance plays a great part in our fates, we go on believing in the continuity of things, in causation and meaning. But we live on a broken mirror, and fresh cracks appear in its surface every day.” BelievePlayLife IsChanceFateBrokenGoes OnEvidenceMirrorsSurfaceSpiteCracksValleysContinuityCausationRiftRandom Chance Author:Salman Rushdie