Pleasure and pain are immediate; knowledge,.... : Quote by Mark Slouka

“ Pleasure and pain are immediate; knowledge, retrospective. A steel ball, suspended on a string, smacks into its brothers and nothing happens: no shock of recognition, no sudden epiphany. We go about our business, buttering the toast, choosing gray socks over brown. But here's the thing: just because we haven't understood something doesn't mean we haven't been shaped by it. ”

Mark Slouka
  • From : Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations
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