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“If you're going to be a fucking rock star go be one. People don't want to see the guy next door on stage; they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.”
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“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?"
[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
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[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
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“Cuando miro su rostro me sonríe como alguien que sabe de mí. Yo me siento rígida, lo miro humillada, yo me siento perro, me siento pulga. Mis labios van aullando roncamente mi dolor. Me retuerzo.”
― Diarios
― Diarios
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
― The Sacred Wood
― The Sacred Wood
“Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you”
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Alexander’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexander’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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