“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
― A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
― A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.”
― The Talented Mr. Ripley
― The Talented Mr. Ripley
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