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“There is in every madman
a misunderstood genius
whose idea
shining in his head
frightened people
and for whom delirium was the only solution
to the strangulation
that life had prepared for him.”
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a misunderstood genius
whose idea
shining in his head
frightened people
and for whom delirium was the only solution
to the strangulation
that life had prepared for him.”
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“And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.”
― The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
― The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
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“The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.”
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“Writing has nothing to do with meaning. It has to do with landsurveying and cartography, including the mapping of countries yet to come.”
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Waterloo Sunset Club
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The secret book society of J and B. Meetings/discussions are held in bed, over a plate of cheesy nachos/ take-out pad Thai, or in the bathtub.
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