“You maintain hope for humanity as an infinite skeptic of gossip and slander. In all mankind's desires for entertainment and exaggeration and sensationalism, when it comes to gossip, the individual always sounds worse than he really is. This is why adhering to gossip subtly affects the mental state of the listener - he goes on holding shady opinions regardless of where the realities of their lights and darknesses may stand.” MayStatesRealityLightDesireHumanityIndividualSoundOpinionDarknessMankindGoes OnInfiniteEntertainmentGossipListenersLight And DarknessExaggerationSkepticSlanderShadySensationalismHope For Humanity Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Why is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder, the concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women's voices?” MenMaySpeakSoundVoiceNumbersHe ManTenBeatsMen And WomenEarsConcreteListeners Book:Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works Source: Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works
“If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.” IfsShouldSoundSilenceGreaterEffectsChemicalsListenersSilence IsPhysiological Author:Keith Jarrett
“A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.” ArtArtistSoundMusicLaughingProduceTearsMusicianPerformancesMovedListenersTorn Author:Franz Grillparzer