Feelings Quote by Oliver Sacks

“What a paradox, what a cruelty, what an irony, there is here—that inner life and imagination may lie dull and dormant unless released, awakened,…

— Oliver Sacks

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration ... and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something…

— Joseph Conrad

“Irony that does not deem itself ironic is the most dangerous irony of all.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison

irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

— Ellen Glasgow

“Emotional duality is futile compared to the intricate multiplicity of Logic.”

— Islam Al Hosieny

“To be perfectly honest, I enjoy thinking dangerously”

— JImmy Henderson

“Nothing more aggravating than a seamless, unremitting irony which leaves you no time to breathe and still less to think; which instead of being…

— Emil M. Cioran

“Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox,...that longs for certainty, fidelity, compassion, and plays roulette with anything precious.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“Irony is a treacherous servant; unless it's very carefully watched over, it has a tendency to expose the foolishness of its apparent master.”

— Mark O'Connell

“high-fiving one another without evident irony.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“Catastrophe and exuberance are often partners in the dance of irony.”

— Jeff W. Horton