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“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
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“За какво служи изкуството? За да ни даде кратка, но блестяща илюзия за камелия, отваряйки във времето емоционална пукнатина, която не може да се сведе до животинската логика. Как се ражда изкуството? От способността на ума да извайва областта на чувствата. Какво прави изкуството за нас? То оформя и придава видимост на емоциите ни и заедно с това им поставя печата на вечността, който носят всички творби, съумели чрез особена форма да въплътят всеобщността на човешките афекти.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― The Three Witches and the Master
― The Three Witches and the Master
“Imagination is a form of seeing”
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“James Brown hid everything, and in the game of instant information he lost big-time, because the information machine turns a truth into a lie and a lie into the truth, transforms superstitions and stereotypes into fact with such ease and fluidity that after a while you get to believing as I do, that the media is not a reflection of the American culture but rather is teaching it. As long as James Brown was selling records he let that craziness run. He didn't care. The media worked in his favor and helped fuel his success. But it killed his public reputation and once the success was gone once the head disappeared, the body followed.”
― Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
― Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
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