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“. . . when I talk to people I really like to talk to them, and not just exchange pleasantries and wonder which of us is going to try to get away first. Most social occasions leave me less than enthralled.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

tags: introverts, small-talk, social-occasions, socializing

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“Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.”
― Wallace Stevens

tags: light-dark

123 likes

“One must read poetry with one's nerves.”
― Wallace Stevens

tags: poetry

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“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.”
― Marina Abramović

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“. . . I just don't think humanity is the ultimate end. We're so smug about ourselves, secure about how much we know. Well, I've lived with cats most of my life, so I'm very aware that there's another world going on. . . . it sees everything differently, hears everything differently, and probably thinks differently.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

tags: animals, different-worlds, humans, perceptions

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