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“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.”
― What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
― What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
“The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.”
― Chicago: City on the Make
― Chicago: City on the Make
“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
― Ignorance
― Ignorance
“You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.”
― We
― We
“There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.”
― We
― We
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