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“I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a dialogue would be equivalent to self-destruction. The company which I need is the company which a pub or a cafe will provide. I have never wanted a communion of souls. It's already hard enough to tell the truth to oneself.”
― Under the Net
― Under the Net
“Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.”
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“The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seemed filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster”
― The Complete Poems 1927-1979
so many things seemed filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster”
― The Complete Poems 1927-1979
“If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings. ”
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“Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.”
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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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