"The earth was ductile and unstable. In the eyes of the new settlers, it seemed like a living being that resurfaced periodically to show them their fragility."
—Patricia Dauder

"The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is ‘knowing thyself’ as a product of the historical processes to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, without leaving an inventory."
—Antonio Gramsci