“The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.” ThinkingSeemsUsedVoiceTakenPassingPassingsPassing ThroughResidenceVoices In My Head Book:Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America
“The porter spends his days in the Library keeping strict vigil over this catacomb of books, passing along between the shelves and yet never paying heed to the almost audible susurrus of desire- the desire every book has to be taken down and read, to live, to come into being in somebody's mind. He even hands the volumes over the counter, seeks them out in their proper places or returns them there without once realising that a Book is a Person and not a Thing.” MindPersonsBookHandsDesireTakenReturnDown AndLibraryPassingPassingsRealisingVolumeStrictShelvesHeed Book:The Journal of a Disappointed Man Source: The Journal of a Disappointed Man
“There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity... That's the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there's a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?” PeopleTryingHas BeensSchoolYoungTurnsStruggleCreativeTakenStudentsCollegeTrainingEnlightenmentTestsOppositesConstantTrainEducationalDebtPassingPassingsConformityTrapsInquiryImposingIndoctrinationEducational SystemConstant StruggleVocational TrainingPassing A Test Author:Noam Chomsky
“I like to put my iPad on the window and leave it there for however long the journey is, so that I'm staring out, and it's staring out. We're kind of staring out together. It's very poetic to me, watching that absent-minded passing of time. You realize how much you've taken in. What is left of that memory of you staring out of the window for an hour? It's all on the iPad.” KindLongTogetherLeftRealizingHoursMemoriesTakenJourneyWindowPassingPassingsStaringPoeticAbsentIpadsAbsent Minded Author:Damon Albarn
“One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.” MatterTakenElementsAdvantagePaidPassingPassingsRealizationMaturitySubtleGet AwayProcrastinationConvenienceInsincerity Book:Love and Courage Source: Love and Courage
“Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.” GivingBelieveHardDreamKidsBeliefTakenHard WorkGiving UpPassingPassingsFirmYour DreamsBelieve In YouFollow Your DreamsDon't Give UpBelieve In Your DreamsPassing On Author:Kevin Sorbo
“...after a certain quantity, photos apparently taken by chance, postcards chosen according to a passing mood, begin to trace an itinerary, to map the imaginary country that stretches out before us.” CountryCertainChanceTakenMoodPassingChosenPassingsMapsQuantityImaginaryPostcards Author:Chris Marker