Learning what it is to be among other human beings includes learning that they can be different from us as well as similar. We imagine what it would be like to experience the world differently from their locations, nor our own. We might still use analogies to understand others, but analogies point to similarities that co-exist with differences. Similar in some respects is consistent with different in other respects.
Are the most dangerous creatures the ones that use doors or the ones that don't? - David Wong
Are the most dangerous creatures the ones that use doors or the ones that don't?
- David Wong
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him. - David Wong
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him.
That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks. - David Wong
That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.
But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them. - David Wong
But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.
What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if we're being right about our own doom. If we believe there are monsters around the next corner r… - David Wong
What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if we're being right about our own doom. If we believe there are monsters around the next corner r…
Cynicism does not cause inaction. - David Wong
Cynicism does not cause inaction.
If I knew me as somebody else, I would hate me just as much. Why have a double standard? - David Wong
If I knew me as somebody else, I would hate me just as much. Why have a double standard?
You're the kind of man a man wants when a man wants a man. - David Wong
You're the kind of man a man wants when a man wants a man.
... life is a flickering candle we all carry around. A gust of wind, a meaningless accident, a microsecond of carelessness, and it's out. Forever. - David Wong
... life is a flickering candle we all carry around. A gust of wind, a meaningless accident, a microsecond of carelessness, and it's out. Forever.
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