Susana Blake
@poesu28
Susana Blake
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
My beginnings are not beginnings; I just start. Sometimes I have to write the beginning after the book is done. Well, that seems like a natural thing, but many people don't go forward because the beginning isn't right; they just leave it until they get it right. I write what's there, what I know is there. If I have to rewrite it or change it, I'm... See more
In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching
Then came the existentialists—Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir—who picked up where Nietzsche left off. They said, “We’re free now. We get to create ourselves.” But wow—what an obligation that is. It’s not just a gift, it’s a burden. Suddenly, it’s up to us to define who we are, how we live, what we stand for.
That’s where Sartre’s quote comes in—possibly... See more
That’s where Sartre’s quote comes in—possibly... See more
Peter Spear • Zach Lamb on Meaning & Crisis
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
Glennon Doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Most of our problems really just require us to decide morally and corageously.
Intelligence is a form of friendship with the world. It can’t be cultivated out of fear of it.
~ Cordelia • Tweet
Consumption that does not eventually turn to creation ends in a kind of restless depression
Dylan O'Sullivanx.com