“My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.”
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“At twenty I tried to die
And get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do.
--from "Daddy", written 12 October 1962”
― Ariel
And get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do.
--from "Daddy", written 12 October 1962”
― Ariel
“Bush and bin Laden are really on the same side: the side of faith and violence against the side of reason and discussion. Both have implacable faith that they are right and the other is evil. Each believes that when he dies he is going to heaven. Each believes that if he could kill the other, his path to paradise in the next world would be even swifter. The delusional "next world" is welcome to both of them. This world would be a much better place without either of them. ”
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“I have taken a pill to kill
The thin
Papery feeling.
--from "Cut", written 24 October 1962”
― Ariel: The Restored Edition
The thin
Papery feeling.
--from "Cut", written 24 October 1962”
― Ariel: The Restored Edition
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