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“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
― Requiem for a Nun
― Requiem for a Nun
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