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Vanessa
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“When man becomes fully conscious of his powers, his role, his destiny, he is an artist and he ceases his struggle with reality.”
― The Wisdom of the Heart
― The Wisdom of the Heart
“Life has to be given a meaning, because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.”
― The Wisdom of the Heart
― The Wisdom of the Heart
“Frankly, if there ever was a time when I was really happy, it wasn't during those first intoxicating moments of my success, but long before that, when I hadn't yet read or shown my manuscript to anyone -- during those long nights of ecstatic hopes and dreams and passionate love of my work, when I had grown attached to my vision, to the characters I had created myself, as though they were my own offspring, as though they really existed -- and I loved, rejoiced and grieved over them, at times even shedding quite genuine tears over my guileless hero.”
― The Insulted and Humiliated
― The Insulted and Humiliated
“TV can make me ill in five minutes, but I can look at an animal for hours and find nothing but grace and glory, life as it should be.”
― On Cats
― On Cats
“my god," they will say, "all Chinaski writes about
are cats!"
"my god," they used to say, "all Chinaski writes about
are whores!"
the complainers will complain and keep buying my
books: they love the way I irritate them.”
― On Cats
are cats!"
"my god," they used to say, "all Chinaski writes about
are whores!"
the complainers will complain and keep buying my
books: they love the way I irritate them.”
― On Cats
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