“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.”
“There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived.”
“[W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.”
“Anger does not make history. Power does. And power may be supplemented by anger, but it derives from more fundamental realities; geography, demographics, technology, and culture.”
“All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common with mine. I am not alone.”
“Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too?”