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What we are dealing with here is another version of the Lacanian 'il n'y a pas de rapport ...': if, for Lacan, there is no sexual relationship, then, for Marxism proper, there is no relationship between economy and politics, no 'meta-language' enabling us to grasp the two levels from the same neutral standpoint, although—or, rather, because—these two levels are inextricably intertwined. ↗


— Slavoj Žižek


#lacan #marxism #politics #sex #economy

Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back. "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward. "I can't." "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret." "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this. "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. "I swear it," he echoed. We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned. "I feel like I could eat the world raw. ↗


— Madeline Miller


#happiness #heroes #love #mythology #oaths

The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy. ↗


— Floriano Martins


#identity #introspection #self #self-discovery #identity

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs ↗


— Charles Chaplin


#ego

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure. ↗


— Aaron McGruder


#feely #flaws #i-ll #injure #learn

Did you bring me a hamburger? Did I-No,Myrnin,I didn't bring you a hamburger.Bizarre.He'd never asked for that before. Coffee? It's late. Doughnuts? No. What good are you then? ↗


— Rachel Caine


#bizarre

If I ask God to punish my enemy with vengeful prayers, then He is fair to allow the enemy to do the same for me. ↗


— Toba Beta


#fair #prayer #revenge #revenge

What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave. ↗


— Criss Jami


#deceit #defamation #denial #enemy #feelings

What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You’re in good time. I need an extra pair of hands.” “As long as I keep them attached,” she said, which earned her a startled stare. “The things you say to me, you’d think I was some sort of monster.” -- Myrnin and Claire ↗


— Rachel Caine


#claire-danvers #myrnin #monsters

Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description. ↗


— Anthony de Mello


#knowledge #mysticism #unknowing #description






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