For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. – Terry Eagleton
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic. – Terry Eagleton
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is The Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology. – Terry Eagleton
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. – Terry Eagleton
Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties… I dont know if anyone would disagree with it: I think theyre the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because theyre scared of what an uncertain time it is, or theyre avoiding commitment altogether. – Lena Dunham