Force Paradox

Famous quotes containing the words force and/or paradox:

“It isn’t that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you construct a sequence of stories to bind up the facts with a persuasive hypothesis that unravels your history’s meaning.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)

“To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)