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Quotations:
13- “She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon].”
14- “Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.”
17- “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.”
21- “What is sin?”
22- “There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.”
23- “Likes and dislikes have nothing to do with it.”
36- “New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on Earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”
44- “I just have trouble understanding how truth, all by itself, could be enough for a person.”
71- “Americans…are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, and in places it can never be.”
114- “No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
115- “This is something between Jesus and me.”
116- “Man is vile, and man makes nothing worth making, knows nothing worth knowing.”
161- “God never wrote a good play in His Life.”
164- “What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years? Nothing.”
186- “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, “It might have been.””
Vocabulary:
12- Amoeba
23- Loafed
30- Dulcitude
39- Portentous
43- Piquant
58- Copiously
58- Nihilistic
58- Debauch
89- Flaccidly
124- Glissandi
132- Ithyphallic
138- Diaphanous
143- Machicolations
144- Oubliette
169- Fustian
Reflection:
109- The whole idea of loving a person completely just from touching feet together is entirely ridiculous and far-fetched. I’m guessing someone with an unsavory obsession with feet came up with this idea simply to reduce suspicion. I for one would not randomly touch feet with another person and I seriously doubt that rational people would participate in such a random and ridiculous notion. Touching the soles of my feet with another person would not make me love that person more and it would especially not make me love the Earth. I see absolutely no connection between the two acts.
Comments (3)
paul bonnell said
at 12:52 am on Mar 28, 2010
Might there be some symbolism here? Or is it more sarcasm? Thoughts?
paul bonnell said
at 12:53 am on Mar 28, 2010
Other reflections beyond the religious rites of Bokononism?
aimee said
at 9:56 am on Mar 28, 2010
That was mostly sarcasm, yes. Going back to one of the quotes, "Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn," I completely agree. Like our discussion in English on Thursday, we discussed how Ethan Frome is simply a piece of literature and nothing more, but because of the discussions that we are able to generate from it, it becomes more real. Anything in life, whether it is something huge, like a friend dying, or buying a new toothbrush, will change a person's life in some way, even if it is barely recognizable. And anything we encounter in life can have a major inmpact whether we recognize it now, later, or never. Yesterday i was standing by a window, looking outside, and i had this overwhelming feeling of happiness. Nothing was happening to me, i wasn't eating anything, i didn't get anything, but i was perfectly at peace. In that seemingly inconsequential moment, i felt more at peace then i have in a long time. I believe that it is these small moments that make life worth living, and it is these small moments that we cannot take for granted. It's all about seizing the day- Carpe Diem.
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