Notes from the Underground

Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life
I’ve never been able to start or finish anything...
Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others
which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally there
are still others which a man is even afraid to tell himself...

Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

On Civil Disobedience - Tolstoy

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From Leo Tolstoy: This year, 1896, a young man by the name of Van-der-Veer was summoned in Holland to enter the National Guard. To t...
Saturday, May 16, 2020

Hani Shukrallah - A Very Remarkable Creature

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When I first heard news of Hani Shukrallah’s passing, it didn’t quite sink in. He was in and out of hospital, and in many ways I had been ...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Miracles and Realism

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"...in my experience miracles never bother a realist. It is not miracles that incline a realist towards faith. The true realist, if he ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A Spell of Sorts

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There is something powerful in the  whispering  of obscenities about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something na...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Thou art a Miracle

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"Because thou art a miracle of deafness. It is not that thou art stupid. Thou art simply deaf. One who is deaf cannot hear music. Neith...
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