#ip

We knew the difference between that which cannot be expressed and that which must. We understood that while words are a path taking us only so far, they are a requisite to the journey. They are like road maps that show us which way to go. ↗

— Laura Bynum

#censorship #words #censorship

The Motion Picture Association of America wipes the sweat off its brow and sings the PG-13 song. ↗

— Bradley Sands

#pg- #censorship

... the Chinese have become very good at coming up with puns, alternative words, and memes. For example, they talk about the battle between the grass-mud horse and the river crab. The grass-mud horse, caonima, is the phonogram for "mother-fucker" - what the netizens call themselves. The river crab, hexie, is the phonogram for "harmonisation" or "censorship". So you have a battle between the caonima and the hexie. When big political stories happen, you find netizens discussing them using such weird phrases and words that you can't understand them even if you have a PhD in Chinese. ↗

— Michael Anti

#china #weibo #censorship

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#censorship #fear #censorship

Ich berichte hier von illusorischen Bibliothek totgeborener, totgeschwiegener oder scheintoter Bücher, die im Keimen oder Erscheinen begriffen waren zu der Zeit, als ich anfing ins Caféhaus zu gehen. Ich berichte von dem Schrifttum eines untergegangenen Kulturreiches. ↗

— Walter Mehring

#censorship

Although erotica authors are being targeted, this is an issue that should concern all indie authors. It affects indies disproportionately because indies are the ones pushing the boundaries of fiction. Indies are the ones out there publishing without the (fading) protective patina of a "traditional publisher" to lend them legitimacy. We indies only have each other. ↗

— Mark Coker

#indie-writing #censorship

You used to be able to tell the difference between hipsters and homeless people. Now, it's between hipsters and retards. I mean, either that guy in the corner in orange safety pants holding a protest sign and wearing a top hat is mentally disabled or he is the coolest fucking guy you will ever know. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#hip #hipster #homeless #safety

I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded Dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off. They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours (chiefly green and yellow); wear no... ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#description

Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hell #overcoming-adversity #richelle #richelle-goodrich #suffering

Simply because humankind have the power now to meddle or 'manage' or 'exercise stewardship' in every nook and cranny of the world does not mean that we have a right to do so. Even less, the obligation. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#stewardship #environmentalism