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Denis Johnson
“He was in his fifties. He'd wasted his entire life. Such people were very dear to those of us who'd wasted only a few years.”
Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son

Ivan Turgenev
“Death's an old story, but new for each person.”
Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Children: Introduction by John Bayley
tags: death

“A chorus of voices exhorts kids to study science. No one stops to ask whether it is inhumane to force adolescents to spend the bulk of their time studying subjects most of them hate. When skilled workers are put out of a job by technical advances and have to undergo “retraining,” no one asks whether it is humiliating for them to be pushed around in this way. It is simply taken for granted that everyone must bow to technical necessity, and for good reason: If human needs were put before technical necessity there would be economic problems, unemployment, shortages or worse. The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”
Theodore J. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future

David Foster Wallace
“Yes, I'm paranoid — but am I paranoid enough?”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

Denis Johnson
“I note that I've lived longer in the past now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn't mind forgetting more of it.”
Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

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