Pataphysics Manipulation Quotes & Sayings

I get to show the reader the essence of the book without giving anything away. — Mary Grandpre

If we see to it that the Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians have jobs, we will actually be securing our own future. — Stef Wertheimer

Happiness is no longer a stroke of good luck, a moment of splendor wrung from the monotony of the everyday, it is our condition, our destiny. when the desirable becomes possible, it is immediately integrated into the category of the necessary. What used to be edenic is now ordinary. Social status is no longer determined soley by wealth or power, but also by appearance: it is not enough to be rich, you also have to look good, and this produces a new kind of discrimination and invidious comparison that is no less severe. There is a whole ethic of seeming to feel good about oneself that governs us and is supported by the smiling intoxication of advertising and merchandise. — Pascal Bruckner

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. — J.B. Priestley

The world inside myself is vaster and richer than this paltry plane, peopled with mere galaxies and gods. — Rachel Hartman