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Man, it isn’t easy being bad. I need to practice more and cultivate my villainy.
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“The camel has a big dumb ugly hump. But in the desert, where prettier, more streamlined beasts die quickly of thirst, the camel survives quite nicely. As legend has it, the camel carries its own water, stores it in its stupid hump. If individuals, like camels, perfect their inner resources, if we have the power within us, then we can cross any wasteland in relative comfort and survive in arid surroundings without relying on the external. Often, moreover, it is our "hump" - that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable - that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“I've sucked way too much cement for this year. Bad juju rising off them city sidewalks. I need to babble with a brook or two, inhale starlight, make friends with some trees.”
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
“If they’ve made a mistake, correct them gently and show them where they went wrong. If you can’t do that, then the blame lies with you. Or no one.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“But do we know how to make love stay?'
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
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