“The male has been persuaded to assume a certain onerous and disagreeable role with the promise of rewards -- material and psychological. Women may in the first place even have put it into his head. BE A MAN! may have been, metaphorically, what Eve uttered at the critical moment in the garden of Eden.” MenFirstsMayHas BeensMomentsCertainRolesMaterialsPromiseGardenAssumingRewardsMalesCriticalPsychologicalBe A ManEdenDisagreeableGarden Of EdenCritical Moments Book:The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work Source: The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work
“The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters little what one is doing. The important, as well as the unimportant things, assume a new dimension of reality, because they have one's full attention.” IfsWellsLittlesImportantMatterMomentsRealityGivenAttentionActivityAssumingDimensionsConcentrationUnimportantThings That MatterOnly Thing That MattersUnimportant Things Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“The death of God left the angels in a strange position. They were overtaken suddenly by a fundamental question. One can attempt to imagine the moment. How did they look at the instant the question invaded them, flooding the angelic consciousness, taking hold with terrifying force? The question was, "What are angels?" New to questioning, unaccustomed to terror, unskilled in aloneness, the angels (we assume) fell into despair.” LooksMomentsLeftForceConsciousnessImaginePositionStrangeDespairAngelFundamentalsAssumingTerrorInstantQuestioningAngelicFlooding Book:Sixty stories Source: Sixty stories
“I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is.” MatterMomentsAgeComedyAssumingVery GoodCheer Author:Amy Poehler