“There is no such a thing as the universal time that is accepted by all.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
As quoted in The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JamVari.html by William James <br class="br">Gad! She'd better. - response of Thomas Carlyle
“There is no such a thing as the universal time that is accepted by all.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Franz Kafka book The Trial
Variant: No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.
Source: The Trial (1920), Chapter 9
Dan Simmons book The Rise of Endymion
Source: The Rise of Endymion (1997), Chapter 25 (p. 531)
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (1968) American photographer
Buffalo Rising interview (2007)
Context: Maybe by doing this work and putting my name on the front line, like a science project, will also afford me the opportunity to embarked into a very special opportunity to show that growing up poor doesn't have to mean being unworthy or forgettable. This is a very important lesson for those who propagate such narrow minded universally accepted inaccuracies about poverty.
Dan Simmons book The Fall of Hyperion
Source: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 38 (p. 369)