Common Position

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or position:

“the true nature of poetry. The drive
to connect. The dream of a common language.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them.”
—Georges Bataille (1897–1962)