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“Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another. ”
― Herman Melville, Mardi and a Voyage Thither

“I believe that the justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations. The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”
― Glenn Gould

“One should read Borges more.”
― Roberto Bolaño

“James (like the far more visceral Conrad) seizes your life. ”
― Cynthia Ozick, Trust