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“Thought rises calmly to the surface of his mind: I wish I was dead. Same as everyone sometimes surely. Idea occurs, that is. Remembering something embarrassing you did years ago and abruptly you think: that's it, I'm going to kill myself. Except in his case the embarrassing thing is his life. Doesn't mean he wants to really, or even if he does, not as if he would do it. Just to think, or not even think, but to overhear the words inside his own head. Strange relief like a catch released: I wish. Deepest and most final of desires. Something bitter in it too, luxuriously bitter, yes. And why not. Why doesn't he, that is, if the idea is so consoling. Oh, for other people, of course: to protect them. Other people prefer you to suffer.”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
“Say it plain, see if it's powerful. Say it slant, see if it's possible. Distraction, diversion, the clumsy decorations? Cheap magic. A smoke screen. Without the truth, there can be no fiction. Nonsense needs reason. To push against. I didn't howl at the moon, I yelled at a lamp. Subject verse. Someone wept. Some things are more important than poetry.”
― I Do Know Some Things
― I Do Know Some Things
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