The war of my life had begun; and though one of God’s most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered. Alas, for me!
“...I am in love with freedom and that it is an affair of long standing and that it is a fine state to be in, and that I am deeply suspicious of people who are beginning to adjust to fascism and dictators merely because they are succeeding in war. From such adaptable natures a smell rises. I pinch my nose.”
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“The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“The beauty of free speech which is free is that it is self-annihilating, whether in tiny amounts or in great amounts; and the menace of speech which is not free is that it is self-perpetuating, like a cellar full of rats.”
― On Democracy
― On Democracy
“[Writers] are feared by every tyrant--who shows his fear by burning the books and destroying the individuals.”
― On Democracy
― On Democracy
“Myth makes Echo the subject of longing and desire. Physics makes Echo the subject of distance and design. Where emotion and reason are concerned both claims are accurate. And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only science.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
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