Fineness & Accuracy

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down

— Robert Frost, "Mending Wall"

Everyone knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression. If you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

— Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March

[N]either the term Orient nor the concept of the West has any ontological stability; each is made up of human effort, partly affirmation, partly identification of the Other.

— Edward Said, Orientalism (25th Anniversary Edition)

Beer is proof God loves us, and wants us to be happy

— Benjamin Franklin

Because the world is not a floating sequence of unfortunate events; it's an edifice with foundations, load-bearing walls, plumbing, wiring, ductwork; and in order to renovate, you need to study those structures.

— Kai Chang

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