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“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“Because in fact we don’t want to see the thing itself, on a screen or on a stage, we don’t want to see actual pain or suffering or death, but its representation. Our awareness of the performance is what allows us to enjoy the emotion, to creep close to it and breathe in its atmosphere, performance allows this dangerous proximity.”
― Audition
― Audition
“The irony, of course, is that kids believe that knowledge unlocks happiness. More than anything, they crave access to all the things that they aren’t supposed to know yet; as if being privy to the secrets of the world will open up some magical door to adulthood. They believe that if you know, you will understand. But in fact, the opposite is true. The more you come to know about the world, the less it makes sense; and the more you wish you could just climb right back inside your mother’s arms and hide there, an oblivious kid, forever.”
― What Kind of Paradise
― What Kind of Paradise
“I chose the word enemy, and still do, as oppressor necessarily supposes a victim.”
― James
― James
“And over there—creative writing students.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
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