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"It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that you discover, without surprise, that something is wrong, that, without mincing words, you don't know how to live, that you will never know." — May 21, 2026 04:11PM
"It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that you discover, without surprise, that something is wrong, that, without mincing words, you don't know how to live, that you will never know." — May 21, 2026 04:11PM
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"If a man only writes well when he's drunk, then I'll tell him: Get drunk. And if he says that it's bad for his liver, I'll answer:What's your liver? A dead thing that lives while you live, whereas the poems you write live without while." — Apr 08, 2026 10:45AM
"If a man only writes well when he's drunk, then I'll tell him: Get drunk. And if he says that it's bad for his liver, I'll answer:What's your liver? A dead thing that lives while you live, whereas the poems you write live without while." — Apr 08, 2026 10:45AM
“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”
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“People—People.—Phone.—Phone.—Endless. And I am so tired.—And I would like to sleep under trees—Red ones—Blue ones—Swirling passionate ones—”
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
“Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.”
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
“I suffer from a chronic nausea—after I’m with people. The awareness (after-awareness) of how programmed I am, how insincere, how frightened.”
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
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