To: Anna Oliphant From: Étienne St. Clair Subject: So . . . Does that mean I can call you now?
Divination is turning out to be much more trouble than I could have foreseen, never having studied the subject myself.
The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another subject that she couldn’t understand at all.
We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction.
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.
He was like a man thinking on an abstract subject all the time.
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...
the general or prevailing opinion in any subject is rarely or never the whole truth; it is only by the collision of adverse opinions that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied
Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.
Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.
…as though, capable themselves of suffering, they granted no reality to the suffering of others. ‘The subject exhibited a pain response.’ But not, under any circumstances, .
It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.
Just because you spent 4 years studying a subject doesn't mean you have to spend the rest 40 years suffering it.
Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.
I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.
As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical.
I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.
I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.
