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"3.13 - The Waiting Man • What Couldn’t Be Shaken Off • No Man Is an Island

The mildly revolting Ushikawa reminded me of the detective, who turned up at the end of 1Q84, what was his name again? Oh wait…"
Jan 20, 2026 03:07PM

 
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"2. Is criticism painless?

Funny Wittgensteinian dismissal of TS Eliot’s claim that only the best poets are the only judge of jury to comment his views on Paradise Lost. All in good humour…"
Dec 23, 2025 07:26PM

 
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"1.05 - ‘Visitors ashore, please!’" Dec 03, 2025 05:35PM

 
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Thomas Mann
“Was heisst denn auch "unerträglich", wenn's doch ertragen werden muss und gar nichts anderes übrigbleibt, als es zu tragen, solange der Mensch bei Sinnen ist?”
Thomas Mann, Young Joseph

Albert Camus
“La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un cœur d'homme. Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux. (Le Mythe de Sisyphe)”
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Anne Lamott
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
Anne Lamott

Rainer Maria Rilke
“Don't take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.”
Rainer Maria Rilke

Thomas Mann
“...und der lebt nicht recht, der nicht verzweifeln kann.”
Thomas Mann, Joseph, der Ernährer

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