„Civilization is a scar tissue from a past of violence and destruction.“
— Russell Jacoby American historian 1945
Zdroj: Social Amnesia: A Critique of Conformist Psychology from Adler to Laing (1975), p. 31
— Russell Jacoby American historian 1945
Zdroj: Social Amnesia: A Critique of Conformist Psychology from Adler to Laing (1975), p. 31
— Wallace Stegner, kniha The Spectator Bird
Varianta: Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to
wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
Zdroj: The Spectator Bird
— David Lange New Zealand politician and 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand 1942 - 2005
Zdroj: A Dictionary of New Zealand Political Quotations (2000), p. 96.
— Michael Chabon, kniha The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Zdroj: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
— Virginia Woolf, kniha Mrs Dalloway
Zdroj: Mrs. Dalloway
— Augusten Burroughs American writer 1965
Zdroj: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
— Douglas Adams, kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Kontext: If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond the first picosecond. And many of course don’t. It’s like a human body, you see. A few cuts and bruises here and there don’t hurt it. Not even major surgery if it’s done properly. Paradoxes are just the scar tissue. Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make.
— Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy 1890 - 1995
Varianta: It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
— Erma Bombeck When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and coul… 1927 - 1996
— Marilyn Ferguson American writer 1938 - 2008
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Three, Brains Changing, Minds Changing
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel Swiss philosopher and poet 1821 - 1881
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Kontext: In the conduct of life, habits count for more than maxims, because habit is a living maxim, becomes flesh and instinct. To reform one's maxims is nothing: it is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.
— O. Henry American short story writer 1862 - 1910
Zdroj: Selected Stories
— Ben Hecht American screenwriter 1894 - 1964
Books
— Pat O'Keeffe British boxer 1883 - 1960
The People 9 May 1915.
— Michel Henry French writer 1922 - 2002
Originál: (fr) La souffrance forme le tissu de l'existence, elle est le lieu où la vie devient vivante, la réalité et l'effectivité phénoménologique de ce devenir.
Zdroj: Michel Henry, L'Essence de la manifestation, 1963, t. 2, § 70, p. 828
Zdroj: Books on Phenomenology of Life, The Essence of Manifestation (1963)
— Jay-Z American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor 1969
Dig a Hole
Kingdom Come (2006)
— Edward Abbey American author and essayist 1927 - 1989
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
— Joanne Harris, kniha The Gospel of Loki
Zdroj: The Gospel of Loki
— Chinua Achebe Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic 1930 - 2013
Zdroj: Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays
— Norman Mailer, kniha An American Dream
Stephen Rojack, in Ch. 8
An American Dream (1965)