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“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade fairer, and sorrow blooms their soul.”
― Wilfred Owen, The Poems of Wilfred Owen

“They will tell you that great writing “breaks free” from the political, thereby “transcending” the barriers of difference, uniting people toward universal truths. They’ll say this is achieved through craft above all. Let’s see how it’s made, they’ll say—as if how something is assembled is alien to the impulse that created it. As if the first chair was hammered into existence without considering the human form.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous