We have found ourselves in the period of "interregnum": the old works no more, the new is not yet born. But the awareness that without it being born we are all marked for demise, is already much alive, as is the awareness that the hard nut we must urgently crack is not the presence of "too many poor", but "too many rich".
Zygmunt BaumanYou are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.
Zygmunt BaumanRelationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
Zygmunt BaumanFully "biodegradable" structures are nowadays the ideal and the standards to which most, if not all structures, struggle to measure up.
Zygmunt Bauman