Berings Quotes & Sayings

But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken. — Ilsa J. Bick

At this point we must remind ourselves that the idea that the world is made up of weightless atoms surprises us because we have experienced the weight of things. Similarly, we could not admire the lightness of language if we had not also learned to admire language endowed with weight. — Italo Calvino

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge. — Jami Attenberg

It must make you feel nice and young to say that being a man means nothing and being a woman means nothing and what matters is being a ... person. How about being a spider, Gwyn. Let's imagine you're a spider. You're a spider, and you've just had your first serious date. You're limping away from that now, and you're looking over your shoulder, and there's your girlfriend, eating one of your legs like a chicken drumstick. What would you say? I know. You'd say: I find I never think in terms of male spiders or in terms of female spiders. I find I always think in terms of ... spiders — Martin Amis

The imagination is a dimension of nonlocal information — Terence McKenna