“Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.”
Source: The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire
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“Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was like eating an egg without salt.”
Rudyard Kipling book The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888), "Poor Dear Mamma".
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Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
Garth Nix (1963) Australian fantasy writer
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 33.
Giannina Braschi (1953) Puerto Rican writer
Empire of Dreams (prose poetry, 1988)
“The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Genius
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master.
"People say you are a genius. Are you?" he asked.
"You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly.
"And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?"
"The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being."
Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 13, The Rat's First Letter
“I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant.”
Sherman Alexie (1966) Native American author and filmmaker