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Die Judenfrage,' it used to be called, even by Jews. 'The Jewish Question.' I find I quite like this interrogative formulation, since the question—as Gertrude Stein once famously if terminally put it—may be more absorbing than the answer. Of course one is flirting with calamity in phrasing things this way, as I learned in school when the Irish question was discussed by some masters as the Irish 'problem.' Again, the word 'solution' can be as neutral as the words 'question' or 'problem,' but once one has defined a people or a nation as such, the search for a resolution can become a yearning for the conclusive. Endlösung: the final solution.


Christopher Hitchens


#gertrude-stein #holocaust #irish-question #jewish-question #jews

When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, 'Peace, child; you don't understand.


C.S. Lewis


#god #god-s-love #love #peace #prayer

How was it that he haunted her imagination so persistently? What could it be? Why did she care for what he thought, in spite of all her pride in spite of herself? She believed that she could have borne the sense of Almighty displeasure, because He knew all, and could read her penitence, and hear her cries for help in time to come. But Mr.Thornton-why did she tremble, and hide her face in the pillow? What strong feeling had overtaking her at last?


Elizabeth Gaskell


#questioning #imagination

As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.


Marcus Aurelius


#frame-of-reference #questioning #self-actualization #empathy

Wait, is this a nice-ish way of telling me we had sex and I was lousy? That's how you can tell I'm inexperienced? Because, if so, that's just rude. And what were you doing at Shenanigans? And how did you find me on the road?" Gabriel looked wounded. "To answer your questions in order: The only body fluid I exchanged with you is blood--" "That's very comforting, thank you.


Molly Harper


#gabriel #jane-jameson #molly-harper #nice-girls-don-t-have-fangs #questions

To be, or not to be: what a question!


E.A. Bucchianeri


#faust #funny #humor #marlowe #philosophical-humor

I've never regretted it. Questioned it? Sure. But never regretted." "Is there a difference?" I ask. "Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future. I questioned a lot about my relationship with your father. People make spontaneous decisions based off of their hearts all the time. There's so much more to relationships than just love.


Colleen Hoover


#regret #change

And the great question for mankind is what is to be loved or hated next, whenever and old love or fear has lost its hold.


Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy


#great-questions #love #mankind #love

The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception.


John Rucyahana


#genocide #questionings #rwanda #forgiveness

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.


Mercedes Ruehl


#concept #difficult #difficult time #especially #foreign






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