Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to believe your own lies. You can’t leak your hidden intentions if you don’t think they are your intentions. According to his theory of self-deception, the conscious mind sometimes hides the … Continue reading Quote for Today: Steven Pinker
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Quote for Today: Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And … Continue reading Quote for Today: Emily Dickinson
Quote for Today: Akshay Vasu
I Feel like a prison holding myself, bounded by the judgements of people I care [about] and chained by the rules of the society I live in. If I would let the person who speaks inside me out, he would tell you a different story than what you have seen all these years. Sometimes I see … Continue reading Quote for Today: Akshay Vasu
Quote for Today: Ian Fleming
In the centre of Bond was a hurricane-room, the kind of citadel found in old-fashioned houses in the tropics. These rooms are small, strongly built cells in the heart of the house, in the middle of the ground floor and sometimes dug down into its foundations. To this cell the owner and his family … Continue reading Quote for Today: Ian Fleming
Quote for Today: Gaston Bachelard
We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams; we are never real historians, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Gaston Bachelard
Quote for Today: Alfred Kazin
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds. --Alfred Kazin
Quote for Today: Mae West
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. ―Mae West Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Audre Lorde
My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all … Continue reading Quote for Today: Audre Lorde
Quote for Today: Lloyd Jones
I had discovered that the plainest house can crown a fantasy or daydream. An open window can be tolerated. So can an open door. But I discovered the value of four walls and a roof. Something about containment that at the same time offers escape. ―Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip Image: Henry Ford Square House, Garden City, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Lloyd Jones
Quote for Today: Colson Whitehead
As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more ephemeral weapons, an idea or improbable plan or some sort of formulation about how best to move through the world. An idea that will let us be. Protect us and keep … Continue reading Quote for Today: Colson Whitehead