“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.”
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“Awe, I discovered, was my favorite feeling. It was a rare experience, but when it happened, it was like an orgasm for the mind.”
― Lust & Wonder
― Lust & Wonder
“You know what I dislike? When people use the future as a consolation for the present. I don’t know if there is anything less helpful.”
― Sweetbitter
― Sweetbitter
“Love is only a recognition of our own guilt and imperfection, and a supplication for forgiveness to the perfect beloved. This is why we love those who are more beautiful than ourselves, why we fear them, and why we must be unhappy lovers.”
― Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
― Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
“You’re all terrified of young people. We remind you of what it was like to have ideals, faith, freedom. We remind you of the losses you’ve taken as you’ve grown cynical, numb, disenchanted, compromising the life you imagined.”
― Sweetbitter
― Sweetbitter
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