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“But what does one "see" as the source of the sounds on Donuts? They flicker across the mind as a collage of images, colors, and mood. It's hip-hop as musique concrète.”
― Donuts
― Donuts
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
― The White Album
― The White Album
“So read on, gentle readers, and on and on; you are led up to the moment before the crime on page 60—yet the specifics, what happened, the gory details, are kept out of sight, in grisly dangle, until page 244.”
― Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine: And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays
― Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine: And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays
“When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
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