Susan Stewart quotes

“The closure of the book is an illusion largely created by its materiality, its cover. Once the book is considered on the plane of its significance, it threatens infinity.”
-- Susan Stewart

Source : Susan Stewart (1984). “On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection”, p.38, Duke University Press

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“To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate.”
-- Susan Stewart

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“The voice of a person thinking, discovering, revising, is ever-present without any loss in grace or ease.”
-- Susan Stewart

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“The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.”

“Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.”

“As for a picture, if it isn't worth a thousand words, the hell with it.”

“Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay.”

“If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.”

Source : "Design for knife: can cutlery help people with disabilities?" by Justin McGuirk, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2012.

“God is the shortest distance from zero to infinity.”

“Imagination is the queen of truth, and possibility is one of the regions of truth. She is positively akin to infinity.”