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Martin Amis
“Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.”
Martin Amis

Alexander Theroux
“Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all.”
Alexander Theroux, Darconville's Cat

Alexander Theroux
“If on a friend’s bookshelf
You cannot find Joyce or Sterne
Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton,

You are in danger, face the fact,
So kick him first or punch him hard
And from him hide behind a curtain.”
Alexander Theroux

Martin Amis
“A sense of humor is a serious business; and it isn't funny, not having one. Watch the humorless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humorless can programme themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick — and that's about it. They are handicapped in the head, or mentally 'challenged', as Americans say (euphemism itself being a denial of humour). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humorless have no idea what is going on and can't make sense of anything at all.”
Martin Amis, The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

Paul Valéry
“How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?”
Paul Valéry, Monsieur Teste

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