Markus Aserit

“What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.”
― W. H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays

“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Lahat, may hinahanap. Pero iba ang natatagpuan nila sa huli. Pero masaya pa rin sila. Lagi pa rin silang masaya.”
― Edgar Calabia Samar, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog