Philosophy Quote by Julia Glass

“Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious…

— Patricia Briggs

“Sir Walter took this to mean he had not –which Sir Walter was glad of, for Sir Walter thought a great deal of a…

— Susanna Clarke

“It was strange that Walter with all his cleverness should have so little sense of proportion. Because he had dressed a doll in gorgeous…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Katz couldn't have said exactly why Walter mattered to him. No doubt part of it was simply an accident of grandfathering: of forming an…

— Jonathan Franzen

“you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.”

— Margaret Atwood

“There were times he thought it would have been far better to never have known. Yet he continued to return to his core principle:…

— Haruki Murakami

“Sometimes what we don't know protects us. It can't hurt us if we don't know it.”

— C.C. Hunter

“Only sometimes you can't feel anything about a subject without hypothesizing its extinction.”

— Richard Ford

Walter Benjamin knew that the break in tradition and loss of authority which occurred in his lifetime were irreparable, and he concluded that he…

— Hannah Arendt

“...sometimes it's best not to know, because even when you know, it doesn't matter anyway. Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is often a responsibility nobody…

— Cecelia Ahern

“Had Walter ever read Bernard Shaw (he had not), he might have been pleased with the line, "When you have learned something, my dear,…

— Ellery Queen

“Knowledge can hurt because you can't turn away from things anymore. You can't pretend you're blind to what's happening," he said. "It's a lot…

— Katie Kacvinsky