There are many ways to reach the same point, just as there might be many different points within the same way.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Multiple Paths and Destinations
M
The Illusion of Ownership
T
One can never truly own anything, especially time.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Internal Landscapes
I
All landscapes are within us, active and not merely contemplated.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
The Act of Describing
T
Describing something is like using it – it destroys: the act of describing, like the act of looking, changes objects.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Life’s Tragic Misunderstanding
L
The real tragedy of life is always a tragedy of misunderstanding.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Conquering Happiness
C
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
The Cake Paradox
T
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Moral Stupidity at Birth
M
We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Struggle Despite Futility
S
The futility of action does not absolve one from the struggle.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson
Mind’s Power Over Reality
M
It is the mind that makes good or ill. That which makes us happy or sad; rich or poor.
Joyce Cary – Mister Johnson