#tithe

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#antithesis #form #i #i am #inspiration

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful. ↗

— Joan Didion

#another #antithetical #because #book #down

A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry. ↗

— Holly Black

#roiben #seelie-queen #tithe #life

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real. ↗

— Paul Walker

#antithesis #because #i #job #like

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. ↗

— Allen West

#american #american people #antithesis #constitutional #constitutional republic

No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#around #being #consciousness #determines #ever