Sublime

9). If writing is the medium of research and studying nothing else than research, then there is no reason not to work as if nothing else counts than writing.

If we try to use a tool without putting any thought into the way we work with it, even the best tool would not be of much help. The slip-box, for example, would most likely be used as an archive for notes – or worse: a graveyard for thoughts

Here, everything is about building up a critical mass of useful notes in the slip-box, which gives us a clear idea of how to read and how to take literature notes.

As proper note-taking is rarely taught or discussed, it is no wonder that almost every guide

Die paradiesische Vorstellung vom »mietfrei wohnen im Alter« ist also nicht mehr als ein Mythos.

He did not just copy ideas or quotes from the texts he read, but made a transition from one context to another.