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Vladimir Mayakovsky (Selected Works)

by Vladimir Mayakovsky

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May 07, 2025 03:24PM

“The trick, Fletcher, is that we are trying to overcome our limitations in order, patiently, We don't tackle flying through rock until a little later in the program.”
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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“Bliss--a second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious--lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you've never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it's like stepping back from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Instant bliss in every atom."
(David Foster Wallace, The Pale King)”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

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