Catastrophic Quotes

“Boredom is that agitated space between relaxation and action; dialed down, it can become a pleasant kind of inertia or a meditative stillness, where it feels good to sit quietly with your own thoughts; cranked up a notch, it can produce creative release. But that middle place is the boredom itself – restlessness with no movement. A dull and desperate longing for something else. From Catastrophic Happiness.”

“Postmodern science - by concerning itself with such things as undecidables, the limits of precise control, conflicts characterized by incomplete information, "fracta", catastrophes, and pragmatic paradoxes - is theorizing its own evolution as discontinuous, catastrophic, nonrectifiable, and paradoxical.”

“Isolation of catastrophic experiences. Dissociation may function to seal off overwhelming trauma into a compartmentalized area of conscious until the person is better able to integrate it into mainstream consciousness. The function of dissociation is particularly common in survivors of combat, political torture, or natural or transportation disasters.”

“I am catastrophically in love with you.”

“Being comfortable with the lies can be catastrophic.”

“Life without Music would be a Mistake. Life without Books would be Catastrophic!”

“In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.”

“We have to believe that our prayers, if pure and powerful can transform any catastrophic situation, regardless of its magnitude.”

“For thirty minutes I sat back and felt the glimmer of pride that historically precedes the most catastrophic falls.”