Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own.
The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above. - Eleanor Catton
The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.
- Eleanor Catton
I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly. - Eleanor Catton
I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.
Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you. - Eleanor Catton
Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.
It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and been told about … - Eleanor Catton
It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and been told about …
It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive. - Eleanor Catton
It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive.
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel," she says. "In my experience, and that of a lot of othe… - Eleanor Catton
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel," she says. "In my experience, and that of a lot of othe…
I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into … - Eleanor Catton
I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into …
Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down… - Eleanor Catton
Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down…
A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition. - Eleanor Catton
A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.
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