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“It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.”
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“When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.”
― Valis
― Valis
“Writing a novel— actually picking the words and filling in paragraphs— is a tremendous pain in the ass. Now that TV’s so good and the Internet is an endless forest of distraction, it’s damn near impossible. That should be taken into account when ranking the all-time greats. Somebody like Charles Dickens, for example, who had nothing better to do except eat mutton and attend public hangings, should get very little credit.”
― How I Became a Famous Novelist
― How I Became a Famous Novelist
“Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you're lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”
― Valis
― Valis
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