“Explanation is a well-dressed mistake." -Oliveira”
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“There is a funny joke that God plays on man. Have you laughed yet? I think it might be the funniest one of all. The joke is: everyone you ever knew, and anyone who might mourn your passing, will die. What happens after this? There is no proof that you existed. And there is no one to care whether you ever did in the first place. There is a song about this. Maybe someday I will sing it to you.”
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“How could he uphold the law when that law upheld injustice?”
― Live from Cairo
― Live from Cairo
“Thus flows the Seine ever for those who are throttled by love, fear, religion or madness, those sentiments which are such powerful narcotics”
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“There's the truth, which is what literally happened. And then there's the Truth - what emotionally happened. So much of poetry exists in the capital T.”
― Cross My Heart: A Novel
― Cross My Heart: A Novel
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