Sunday, 11 October
Two thoughts from Sigmund Freud
“The weakness of my position does not imply a strengthening of yours.”
“It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.”
Monday, 12 October
Two thoughts from Jeffrey Archer
“While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.”
“I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.”
Tuesday, 13 October
Two thoughts from Czesław Miłosz
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.”
“Men will clutch illusions when they have nothing else to hold onto.”
Wednesday, 14 October
Two thoughts from Robert Wright
“Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue.”
“Nature has gone to great lengths to hide our subconscious from ourselves. Why?”
Thursday, 15 October
Two thoughts from Arundhati Roy
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
“It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened.”
Friday, 16 October
Two thoughts from Edwin Lefèvre
“You can’t tell till you bet.”
“If a man didn’t make mistakes he’d own the world in a month. But if he didn’t profit by his mistakes he wouldn’t own a blessed thing.”
Saturday, 17 October
Two thoughts from Elena Ferrante
“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
“Nowhere is it written that you can’t do it.”
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