Rupture quotes
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"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."
"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."
"Simply do something else and return to it later to find the problem wasn't a problem at all. Ruptures almost always lead to a stronger project."
"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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