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“The tragedy of man is that he has developed an intelligence eager to uncover mysteries, but not strong enough to penetrate them.”
― Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues
― Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues
“Dead people are less frightening than living ones.”
― The Place of Dead Roads
― The Place of Dead Roads
“Gold is the excrement of the gods.”
― Terra Nostra
― Terra Nostra
“You cannot change the world with ideas. People with few ideas are less likely to make mistakes; they follow what everyone else does and are no trouble to anyone; they're successful, make money, find good jobs, enter politics, receive honours; they become famous writers, academics, journalists. Can anyone who is so good at looking after their own interests really be stupid? I'm the stupid one, the one who wanted to go tilting at windmills.”
― The Prague Cemetery
― The Prague Cemetery
“My father says everything's going to be machines when we grow up. He says the only jobs open will be in junkyards for busted machines. The only thing a machine can't do is play jokes. That's all they'll use people for, is jokes.”
― Slow Learner
― Slow Learner
Transgressive Fiction
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wikipedia: "Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and w ...more
The Gonzo Nihilist
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Is nothing good enough, or weird enough? Read on. This group is for the out there, the freaky, the mental adventurers. What books do you like that tak ...more
Cult Books
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Books inspire all sorts of reactions, from disgust to slavish devotion. I am interested in books which have had the effect of turning readers into "co ...more
Dirty realism
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"Dirty realism is a term coined by Bill Buford of Granta magazine to define a North American literary movement. Writers in this sub-category of realis ...more
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