“In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all, and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one.” PlayRealityAgeTodayTurnsChanceFourCenturyPossibilityOrdinaryAcceptedReachingCapitalistOddsNobilityOrdinary LifeKinderLikelihoodPinnacleAristocraticSociety TodayBeing Accepted Author:Alain de Botton
“The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons.” TwoFourImaginePossibilityPlanetsMoonNineGiftedAstronomers Book:A Kind of Magic Source: A Kind of Magic
“She walked quickly around her one-room apartment. After more than four years in this one home she knew all its possibilities, how it could put on a sham appearance of warmth and welcome when she needed a place to hide in, how it stood over her in the night when she woke suddenly, how it could relax itself into a disagreeable unmade, badly-put-together state, mornings like this, anxious to drive her out and go back to sleep.” YearsStatesHomeTogetherNightWomenSleepRoomsMorningFourPossibilityNeededAppearanceWelcomeRelaxWarmthAnxiousFour YearsApartmentDisagreeable Book:The Magic of Shirley Jackson Source: The Magic of Shirley Jackson
“[I am fascinated by stupidity] because normal intelligence is boring. Two plus two makes four - finished. You have no possibilities! Stupidity is infinite. Two plus two can make billions of different numbers.” TwoDifferentNumbersFourPossibilityNormalInfiniteBoringStupidityFinishedBillionsPlusFascinated Author:Umberto Eco