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"The Poem "Grand Inquisitor" is certainly (in the opinion of the reader) one of the greatest feats of IMAGINATION in the history of Literature. It is so Profound and infinitely ponderable that I am and have been captivated since my first reading 50 years ago in College. Amazing !" — Jul 13, 2013 07:08AM
"The Poem "Grand Inquisitor" is certainly (in the opinion of the reader) one of the greatest feats of IMAGINATION in the history of Literature. It is so Profound and infinitely ponderable that I am and have been captivated since my first reading 50 years ago in College. Amazing !" — Jul 13, 2013 07:08AM
“Philosophy is the disease of which it should be the cure !”
― Inquiries and Provocations: Selected Writings 1929–1974
― Inquiries and Provocations: Selected Writings 1929–1974
“The quest for absolute certainty is an immature, if not infantile, trait of thinking.”
― Inquiries and Provocation: Selected Writings, 1929-1974
― Inquiries and Provocation: Selected Writings, 1929-1974
“I promise I will repay you.”
“Oh yeah?” she asked, looking at him, with his bare feet and plain, dark clothes. “With what?”
The smile stayed on his lips. “Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of things long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.”
― The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
“Oh yeah?” she asked, looking at him, with his bare feet and plain, dark clothes. “With what?”
The smile stayed on his lips. “Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of things long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.”
― The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
“I feel safer with a Pyrrho than with a Saint Paul, for a jesting wisdom is gentler than an unbridled sanctity.”
― A Short History of Decay
― A Short History of Decay
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