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“When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
“A crane can't buy a piece of ass
Or
hang itself at noon
in Monterey
Those are some of
the things
Humans can do
Besides
stand on one leg”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
Or
hang itself at noon
in Monterey
Those are some of
the things
Humans can do
Besides
stand on one leg”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
“Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.”
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“He was an obstetrician; he delivered babies into the world. His colleagues called this 'the Lord's work.' And he was an abortionist; he delivered mothers, too. His colleagues called this 'the Devil's work,' but it was all the Lord's work to Wilbur Larch. As Mrs. Maxwell had observed: 'The true physician's soul cannot be too broad and gentle.”
― The Cider House Rules
― The Cider House Rules
“I drive around the streets
an inch away from weeping,
ashamed of my sentimentality and
possible love.
A confused old man driving in the rain
wondering where the good luck
went.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
an inch away from weeping,
ashamed of my sentimentality and
possible love.
A confused old man driving in the rain
wondering where the good luck
went.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
James’s 2025 Year in Books
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