Rupture quotes

Rupture

16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

16 quotes
Karl Marx
Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist

"The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas."

Julio Cortazar
Julio Cortazar Novelist, Short Story Writer

"The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order."

George Will
George Will Political Commentator, Author

"Wars do not always begin with an abrupt, cymbal-crash rupture of conditions properly characterized as peace. There can be almost seamlessly incremental transitions."

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