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I skimmed through this for my thesis, so this review is only relevant for those who are interested in the relevance of this to the notion of aesthetics within the literary academy.I think that it was useful in some ways: an overarching framework that ...more "
“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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