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"took a second crack at it. originally thought i’d have this done and dusted by new years but wow wow wow i was wrong. i can do more or less 20 pages before i lose focus but maybe i can get those numbers up.
no one writes like dfw writes. wow. “…this operation [as] a fly-by-night one strung together by chewing gum and twine.” “a professional lower of the trade of conversation.” full-bore delved. love it." — Oct 15, 2026 04:24PM
"took a second crack at it. originally thought i’d have this done and dusted by new years but wow wow wow i was wrong. i can do more or less 20 pages before i lose focus but maybe i can get those numbers up.
no one writes like dfw writes. wow. “…this operation [as] a fly-by-night one strung together by chewing gum and twine.” “a professional lower of the trade of conversation.” full-bore delved. love it." — Oct 15, 2026 04:24PM
“One who knows and knows that he knows…
His horse of wisdom will reach the skies.
One who knows, but doesn’t know that he knows…
He is fast asleep, so you should wake him up!
One who doesn’t know, but knows that he doesn’t know…
His limping mule will eventually get him home.
One who doesn’t know and doesn’t know that he doesn’t know…
He will be eternally lost in his hopeless oblivion!”
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His horse of wisdom will reach the skies.
One who knows, but doesn’t know that he knows…
He is fast asleep, so you should wake him up!
One who doesn’t know, but knows that he doesn’t know…
His limping mule will eventually get him home.
One who doesn’t know and doesn’t know that he doesn’t know…
He will be eternally lost in his hopeless oblivion!”
―
“To be loved for beauty is a poor reward; it is to love a mask, a temporary dress, a sham unworthy of the loving heart. Your beauty which at first but dazzled me, now that I see more clearly, disappears and is not seen at all.“ Roxanne to Christian”
― Cyrano de Bergerac; comédie héroïque en cinq actes. Edited with introd. and notes by Oscar Kuhns
― Cyrano de Bergerac; comédie héroïque en cinq actes. Edited with introd. and notes by Oscar Kuhns
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