Suli Qyre
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“By making everything worthless, nihilism gives us the strange comfort of knowing that nothing we do can possibly matter. Freedom from meaning is also freedom from responsibility, and in this there can be a kind of morbid excitement.”
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“Nihilism Is Nothing”, etc. (246-250)
There can be no certainty about any of nihilism's claims, for they rely on foundations just as uncertain as anything else.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
“By making everything worthless, nihilism gives us the strange comfort of knowing that nothing we do can possibly matter. Freedom from meaning is also freedom from responsibility, and in this there can be a kind of morbid excitement.”
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“My encounters with books I regard very much as my encounters with other phenomena of life or thought. All encounters are configurate, not isolate. In this sense, and in this sense only, books are as much a part of life as trees, stars or dung. I have no reverence for them per se.”
— Henry Miller
— Henry Miller
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
“My encounters with books I regard very much as my encounters with other phenomena of life or thought. All encounters are configurate, not isolate. In this sense, and in this sense only, books are as much a part of life as trees, stars or dung. I have no reverence for them per se.”
— Henry Miller
— Henry Miller
“A fragment always has two authors: the one who writes and the one who reads. What the fragment says is always partly a reflection of yourself. But what it reflects is not always what you expect, and it might even be something intolerable.”
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245. Filling The Gaps
A fragment is always a part and never the whole. There is always something left out. That a fragment arrives with gaps can be unsettling. The text might appear to say both more and less than what it a...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“A fragment always has two authors: the one who writes and the one who reads. What the fragment says is always partly a reflection of yourself. But what it reflects is not always what you expect, and it might even be something intolerable.”
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“I will talk about truth again, without which (without the word truth, without the mystery truth) there would be no writing. It is what writing wants. But it (the truth) is totally down below and a long way off.”
— Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
— Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
“I will talk about truth again, without which (without the word truth, without the mystery truth) there would be no writing. It is what writing wants. But it (the truth) is totally down below and a long way off.”
— Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
— Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
“Unquenchable desire transforms into a thirst for power, and power constructs harmful hierarchies of dominance and oppression.”
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244. The Root Of Oppression
When I’m attached to my desires, I produce suffering for myself and others. Suffering arises because my attention and actions are fully directed towards the fulfillment of my desires. In such a state,...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
“Unquenchable desire transforms into a thirst for power, and power constructs harmful hierarchies of dominance and oppression.”
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“It has been said that a specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded.”
— Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice
— Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“It has been said that a specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded.”
— Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice
— Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice
“You're so in your head that you've stopped seeing the world around you, the world of other people, people like me. You're folding in on yourself, gradually closing down, and there looks to be no end to the process.”
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243. Folding In On Yourself
The weather looks calm and sunny, so I ask if you would like to join me for a walk. You tell me that you’re too busy right now, that you’re in the middle of working on something. I ask if you might ha...
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January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
“You're so in your head that you've stopped seeing the world around you, the world of other people, people like me. You're folding in on yourself, gradually closing down, and there looks to be no end to the process.”
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“Yes, what I’m writing you is nobody’s. And this nobody’s freedom is very dangerous. It is like the infinite that has the color of air.”
— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
“Yes, what I’m writing you is nobody’s. And this nobody’s freedom is very dangerous. It is like the infinite that has the color of air.”
— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
“Intuitions and feelings can temporarily alter the shape of your perspective, but they are not as stable or dominating as your attachments. The world is always the world as you see it, so the world is always showing you the structure of your own attachments.”
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242. The World Is You
Everywhere you look, you see yourself. You’re looking out at the world, but you’re seeing yourself reflected back at you. This happens because what you see depends on your perspective, and your perspe...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
“Intuitions and feelings can temporarily alter the shape of your perspective, but they are not as stable or dominating as your attachments. The world is always the world as you see it, so the world is always showing you the structure of your own attachments.”
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“Something in the question necessarily exceeds the power of questioning; but this does not mean that there are too many secrets in the world that provoke questions: it is rather the contrary. […] In the profound question, impossibility questions.”
— Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation
— Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
“Something in the question necessarily exceeds the power of questioning; but this does not mean that there are too many secrets in the world that provoke questions: it is rather the contrary. […] In the profound question, impossibility questions.”
— Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation
— Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation
“Compassion is always freely given when need is seen. It requires no merit, as it is neither a reward nor a punishment. It is, in fact, entirely orthogonal to the concept of deserving.”
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241. What We Deserve
When we do something helpful, we expect to be rewarded. When we do something harmful, we expect to be punished. We see these outcomes as what we deserve to be given from others. If we’re punished when...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“Compassion is always freely given when need is seen. It requires no merit, as it is neither a reward nor a punishment. It is, in fact, entirely orthogonal to the concept of deserving.”
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“To see the world as possibility is to see yourself as possibility. So much is possible for you in this moment and in every moment. Freedom is possible, creativity is possible, joy is possible.”
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“What We Deserve”, etc. (241-245)
Compassion is always freely given when need is seen. It requires no merit, as it is neither a reward nor a punishment.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
“To see the world as possibility is to see yourself as possibility. So much is possible for you in this moment and in every moment. Freedom is possible, creativity is possible, joy is possible.”
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“We go to great lengths to disguise our misery. We are suffering deeply inside, but we do not want to see it or let it be seen. We try to hide it, not just from others, but also from ourselves.”
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“We go to great lengths to disguise our misery. We are suffering deeply inside, but we do not want to see it or let it be seen. We try to hide it, not just from others, but also from ourselves.”
“Rules and systems are the creations of human beings. They have force only as long as people agree to follow and uphold them. Beyond this, they are literally nothing. Rules can be changed when needed and, in fact, often do change as we learn more about ourselves and the world.”
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“Rules and systems are the creations of human beings. They have force only as long as people agree to follow and uphold them. Beyond this, they are literally nothing. Rules can be changed when needed and, in fact, often do change as we learn more about ourselves and the world.”
“The more we use language, the more we find ourselves trapped inside it, unable to find the words to express what we want to say and unable to communicate our meaning to others. To escape this prison, we write poems — tricks of language that indicate the thing in question without ever naming it.”
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“The more we use language, the more we find ourselves trapped inside it, unable to find the words to express what we want to say and unable to communicate our meaning to others. To escape this prison, we write poems — tricks of language that indicate the thing in question without ever naming it.”
“Everything seems to be pushing you towards conformity. Bribing you to take the path of least resistance. Asking you to accept the world just as it is. Everyone tells you that if you just go along with the way they do things, then you'll have a happy and pleasant life.”
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
“Everything seems to be pushing you towards conformity. Bribing you to take the path of least resistance. Asking you to accept the world just as it is. Everyone tells you that if you just go along with the way they do things, then you'll have a happy and pleasant life.”
“Language is based on agreement. You and I can communicate only insofar as we agree on the meanings of the words we use. If I use a word that has no recognizable meaning for you, then I will not communicate anything at all, since for you it will be literal nonsense.”
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“Language is based on agreement. You and I can communicate only insofar as we agree on the meanings of the words we use. If I use a word that has no recognizable meaning for you, then I will not communicate anything at all, since for you it will be literal nonsense.”
“We become so focused on measuring and optimizing, on increasing efficiency and productivity, that we stop thinking about what is happening to us in our day-to-day lives. It is perhaps not surprising that we then feel there is something missing—as though life is not going as well as it ought to be…”
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“We become so focused on measuring and optimizing, on increasing efficiency and productivity, that we stop thinking about what is happening to us in our day-to-day lives. It is perhaps not surprising that we then feel there is something missing—as though life is not going as well as it ought to be…”
“When wrongdoing happens, there is almost never only one person at fault. Responsibility is rarely singular and rarely clear. Part of being responsible is recognizing this lack of clarity.”
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“When wrongdoing happens, there is almost never only one person at fault. Responsibility is rarely singular and rarely clear. Part of being responsible is recognizing this lack of clarity.”
“The task of creation is always unfinished. From every newly crafted thing, a new arrangement of meanings emerges, and from that, new possibilities appear. New possibilities beget new questions, and something further must be created in response.”
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The task of creation is always unfinished. From every newly crafted thing, a new arrangement of meanings emerges, and from that, new possibilities appear. New possibilities beget new questions, and something further must be created in response.”
“We can be physically stationary and still moving. Sitting in quiet reflection does not mean you are not moving. Real movement is change. It is vital, it is transformational, and it means growth. False movement is repetition. It is mechanical, it is sameness, and it means stagnation.”
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“We can be physically stationary and still moving. Sitting in quiet reflection does not mean you are not moving. Real movement is change. It is vital, it is transformational, and it means growth. False movement is repetition. It is mechanical, it is sameness, and it means stagnation.”
“If I rush to judge everything I see, then I cut myself off from the opportunity to experience it fully. I have to open myself up and allow everything in as it is. I have to be sensitive to nuances and complexities. I have to allow myself to see even those things I judge to be bad or wrong or ugly.”
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“If I rush to judge everything I see, then I cut myself off from the opportunity to experience it fully. I have to open myself up and allow everything in as it is. I have to be sensitive to nuances and complexities. I have to allow myself to see even those things I judge to be bad or wrong or ugly.”
“A language without rules could not communicate anything at all. It is because you and I agree on the rules of grammar that you can read this sentence and it has a meaning for you.”
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“A language without rules could not communicate anything at all. It is because you and I agree on the rules of grammar that you can read this sentence and it has a meaning for you.”
“You obscure your “I” by speaking in a voice that pretends to come from nowhere. “The sky is blue,” you say. There is no “I” here. Your sentence claims to report an observation about the world with no reference to an observer.”
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“You obscure your “I” by speaking in a voice that pretends to come from nowhere. “The sky is blue,” you say. There is no “I” here. Your sentence claims to report an observation about the world with no reference to an observer.”
“An artwork usually does not come with an announcement or declaration that it is complete. The audience assumes the work must be complete because it is on display. But what if someone were to show a work that was purposely unfinished?”
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“An artwork usually does not come with an announcement or declaration that it is complete. The audience assumes the work must be complete because it is on display. But what if someone were to show a work that was purposely unfinished?”