Arbitrary – Quotes

Poetry is a very

Poetry is a very complex art…. It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols. Ezra Pound

Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book… By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters… wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp. … Read more

Proving one’s freedom will

Proving one’s freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one’s behavior. Ermanno Bencivenga

The desire for liberty

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. Emily Greene Balch

Any argument where one

Any argument where one supposes an arbitrary choice to be made an uncountably infinite number of times …[is] outside the domain of mathematics. Emile Borel

Loyalty and obedience to

Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless. Elizabeth Gaskell

There are random moments

There are random moments – tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children’s rooms – when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This … Read more

The novel form is

The novel form is about the protagonist’s struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books. Elif Batuman

It is true, that

It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day. Edward Jenks

But the desire of

But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord; nor can it reasonably be presumed that the restoration of British freedom was exempt from tumult and faction. The pre-eminence of birth and fortune must have been frequently violated by bold and … Read more