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“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what happens in the world. It’s a creator of inwardness.”
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“I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.”
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“i used schutzhund methods of training to teach the duck to attack on command. we went on a killing rampage that lasted three days. we killed many small children and received the nobel prize for our achievements.”
― Yesterday I Was Talking to Myself...
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“i want you to lick my bellybutton while looking up at me.”
― Yesterday I Was Talking to Myself...
― Yesterday I Was Talking to Myself...
“I. Oranges
There was one orange on the tree
And you walked by.
How could you know that
Death lived inside,
Sleeping in membranes.
How could you know
He would unfold,
Wearing pointed slippers,
Velvet doubet,
And a gold cod-piece
The moment you opened the orange.
How could you have known
He would step out and kill you?
Remember the orange
Shining on the tree
Alone-
And remember not to touch
If there is only one
My hand holds the orange.
Your hand holds mine.
Remember, we hold death
In our hands and
It is because we hold
What is not our own
That death is inside
And we hold him.”
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There was one orange on the tree
And you walked by.
How could you know that
Death lived inside,
Sleeping in membranes.
How could you know
He would unfold,
Wearing pointed slippers,
Velvet doubet,
And a gold cod-piece
The moment you opened the orange.
How could you have known
He would step out and kill you?
Remember the orange
Shining on the tree
Alone-
And remember not to touch
If there is only one
My hand holds the orange.
Your hand holds mine.
Remember, we hold death
In our hands and
It is because we hold
What is not our own
That death is inside
And we hold him.”
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