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"It’s not entirely fair to judge a book before it’s over, but the dialogue — which is often a marvel in The Sun Also Rises is not working for me here. I get that the repetition and banality are part of the design. Still, it’s rather diluted compared to the often funny and revealing TSAR conversations. (See?: “rather.” He’s got me using Hemingway dictionary.)" — 18 hours, 50 min ago
"It’s not entirely fair to judge a book before it’s over, but the dialogue — which is often a marvel in The Sun Also Rises is not working for me here. I get that the repetition and banality are part of the design. Still, it’s rather diluted compared to the often funny and revealing TSAR conversations. (See?: “rather.” He’s got me using Hemingway dictionary.)" — 18 hours, 50 min ago
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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