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“Figuring forth” refers to the use of the imagination, which in its most literal sense refers to our ability to create a picture or image in our mind’s eye. The stories in which we are immersed project onto our imaginations visions of the
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“He said having a smoking section in a restaurant was just like having a pissing section in a swimming pool.”
― Hawke
― Hawke
“The dreamer—if you want an exact definition—is not a human being, but a creature of an intermediate sort.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“We never find what we set out hearts on. We ought to be glad of that.”
― Beside the Ocean of Time
― Beside the Ocean of Time
“I don’t know how to be silent when my heart is speaking.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons.”
― Suttree
― Suttree
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