Wednesday, July 28, 2004
July 28, 2004
"Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance however passionate."
- W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973), Anglo-American poet: ‘Marriage’ in "A Certain World", 1970.
"For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a hunger which can be called metaphysical but which is not recognized as such, and which seeks satisfaction in physical danger, or sometimes in torture, suicide or murder."
- Marshall McLuhan (1991 – 1980), Canadian communications theorist: title essay of "The Mechanical Bride", 1951.
"The relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."
- James Baldwin (1915 – 1980), American author: in conversation with Nikki Giovanni, Nov 4, 1971, published in "A Dialogue", 1973.
"Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance however passionate."
- W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973), Anglo-American poet: ‘Marriage’ in "A Certain World", 1970.
"For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a hunger which can be called metaphysical but which is not recognized as such, and which seeks satisfaction in physical danger, or sometimes in torture, suicide or murder."
- Marshall McLuhan (1991 – 1980), Canadian communications theorist: title essay of "The Mechanical Bride", 1951.
"The relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."
- James Baldwin (1915 – 1980), American author: in conversation with Nikki Giovanni, Nov 4, 1971, published in "A Dialogue", 1973.
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