Ataraxis Quotes & Sayings

I used to think that those essentially happy and romantic novels that ended with a wedding were all wrong, that they had left out the most interesting part of the story. — Lorrie Moore

Catastrophes have a somber way of arranging things. — Victor Hugo

The question is, how do you stop the power elite from doing as much damage to you as possible? That comes through movements. It's not our job to take power. You could argue that the most powerful political figure in April of 1968 was Martin Luther King. And we know Johnson was terrified of him. We have to accept that all of the true correctives to American democracy came through these movements that never achieved formal political power and yet frightened the political establishment enough to respond. — Chris Hedges

In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. — Jacques Derrida

Besides," he added cynically, "a pair of ballocks may bring a man more sorrow than joy - though I havena met many who'd wish them gone, for all that. — Diana Gabaldon