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“and I began, fatally, with Dostoevsky”
― Letter from a region in my mind
― Letter from a region in my mind
“I always had trouble ending short stories in ways that would satisfy a general public. In real life, as during a rerun following a timequake, people don't change, don't learn anything from
their mistakes, and don't apologize. In a short story they have to do at least two out of three of those things, or you might as well throw it away in the lidless wire trash receptacle chained and padlocked to the fire hydrant in front of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.”
― Timequake
their mistakes, and don't apologize. In a short story they have to do at least two out of three of those things, or you might as well throw it away in the lidless wire trash receptacle chained and padlocked to the fire hydrant in front of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.”
― Timequake
“10. Camp sees everything in quotation marks. It’s not a lamp, but a
‘lamp’; not a woman, but a ‘woman’. To perceive Camp in objects and
persons is to understand Being-as-Playing-a-Role. It is the farthest
extension, in sensibility, of the metaphor of life as theater.”
― Notes on ‘Camp’
‘lamp’; not a woman, but a ‘woman’. To perceive Camp in objects and
persons is to understand Being-as-Playing-a-Role. It is the farthest
extension, in sensibility, of the metaphor of life as theater.”
― Notes on ‘Camp’
“5: So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!”
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“So this is old age! I’ve seen half my friends die.
I say prayers at their passing, too tired to cry.”
― Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms) by Saladin Ahmed
I say prayers at their passing, too tired to cry.”
― Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms) by Saladin Ahmed
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