## Metadata - Author: [[William H. Gass]] - Full Title: Life Sentences - Category: #books ## Highlights - the glare of an incessant light, ([Location 441](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004W3FIZ8&location=441)) - By this time philosophers and scientists have become so skeptical about human testimony and the reliability of experience that they begin to replace our fragile faculties with machines, devices that will not be swayed by urges or conniptions, except when the scales are made to lie by cheating merchandisers. ([Location 3459](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004W3FIZ8&location=3459)) - Language was relatively holophrastic, and with different words for different unanalyzed activities, it offered no clue to the parts or interrelations of what was named, as if gallop, canter, or trot bore no more resemblance to one another than knitting, swimming, or a headache. ([Location 3515](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004W3FIZ8&location=3515))