- 18 Jan 2019 02:26
#14980995
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
Lately, I have been thinking about a specific phrase from Player Piano.
Near the end of the book, the protagonist is on trial for his crimes against society, and the prosecution asks him if his whole rebellion was based on his hatred of his father, an influential industrialist.
The protagonist then replies with the phrase that has been rolling around in my head:
“The most beautiful geraniums I ever saw were grown in almost pure cat shit”.
By this, he obviously meant that the motivations for certain acts are irrelevant when we look at the impact or success or truth of the act.
I think this has been on my mind because I see people on this fourm attacking the supposed motivations for arguing certain points, instead of addressing the actual points.
Near the end of the book, the protagonist is on trial for his crimes against society, and the prosecution asks him if his whole rebellion was based on his hatred of his father, an influential industrialist.
The protagonist then replies with the phrase that has been rolling around in my head:
“The most beautiful geraniums I ever saw were grown in almost pure cat shit”.
By this, he obviously meant that the motivations for certain acts are irrelevant when we look at the impact or success or truth of the act.
I think this has been on my mind because I see people on this fourm attacking the supposed motivations for arguing certain points, instead of addressing the actual points.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...