Patti Smith Woolgathering Quotes

#1. Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.

Jean Piaget

#2. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done
for

Virginia Woolf

#3. Christ, I walk through an inferno unscatched, then singe my ass on the flight back."
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"You guys are the ... the heart and brain of the Great Machine."
"Yeah? Then you're the inflamed anus."
"You're not the brain, by the way.

Brian K. Vaughan

#4. Pain, sorrow, anger, these are all powerful emotions. Allowed to rule and left unchecked, they would destroy you. However, through training and willpower you can choose to harness those feelings and use them for something great.

Jonathan Yanez

#5. If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities.

T.C. Boyle

#6. And out of the awareness of sameness grew the desire for differentiation.

Hermann Hesse