“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“Remember that you will die, and enjoy each pleasure the world has to offer.”
― House of Earth and Blood
― House of Earth and Blood
“Anyone in pursuit of art is responding to a desire to make visible that which is not, to offer the unknown self to others.”
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