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“They have the power of description, and we succumb to the pictures they construct.”
― The Satanic Verses
― The Satanic Verses
“It is not hard to hear this music, but it is very difficult to hear it as music.”
― My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
― My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
“I wonder if the emphasis might be placed differently, shifted from unconscious reaction to unrealized action: that is, our anxiety is less the mind shielding itself from death than the spirit's need to be.”
― My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
― My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
“I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go.”
― SONG OF SOLOMAN / TAR BABY / SULA (THREE NOVELS IN ONE BOOK)
― SONG OF SOLOMAN / TAR BABY / SULA (THREE NOVELS IN ONE BOOK)
“When I looked closely,
I saw these souls stooped in much the same way.
The degree to which their bodies were bent
was in proportion to how much their backs bore.
and even he who seemed the most patient
Seemed to say, weeping, "I can bear no more.”
― Inferno
I saw these souls stooped in much the same way.
The degree to which their bodies were bent
was in proportion to how much their backs bore.
and even he who seemed the most patient
Seemed to say, weeping, "I can bear no more.”
― Inferno
Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
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