Continuing to read The Ground Beneath Her Feet.

Chap. 15 Beneath Her feet

Quotations:

• "This is one thirsty city, she says. The sub-soil water levels are falling alarmingly?, and any day now the place will just subside, just drop out of sight. Now that's what I call falling-down drunk". [p. 454] Pure fun!
• "The gods, I correct her. Monotheism sucks, like all despotisms." [p. 457]
• "... only under extreme pressure can we change into that which it is in our most profound nature to become." [p. 462]
• "Scientists get angry when laymen misunderstand ... the uncertainty principle. ... gee, guys, we just can't be sure of anything, it's all so darn uncertain, but isn't that, like, beautiful? Whereas actually he's telling us the exact opposite; that if you know what you're doing you can pin down the exact quantum of uncertainty in any experiment, any process. ... A principle of uncertainty is also a measure of certainty. It's not a lament about shifting sands but a guage of the solidity of the ground." [p. 462]
• "A photograph can create the meaning of an event. Sometimes even when it's a fake." [p. 466]
• "Monroe's flying skirt, the burning girl in Indochina, Earthrise - which actually become experiences, part of the collective memory of the human race." [p. 467]
• "Where does honesty end and cruelty begin? [p. 474]