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“and so I sing, as the Boy does by the Burying Ground – because I am afraid –”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.”
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“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.”
― The Pleasure of the Text
― The Pleasure of the Text
“But it is growing damp and I must go in. Memory’s fog is rising.”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“But the world is sleeping in ignorance and error, sir, and we must be crowing cocks, and singing larks, and a rising sun to awake her; or else we'll pull society up to the roots, and plant it in a different place. We'll build Alms-houses, and transcendental State prisons, and scaffolds -- we will blow out the sun, and the moon, and encourage invention. Alpha shall kiss Omega--we will ride up the hill of glory -- Hallelujah, all hail!”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
Maya’s 2025 Year in Books
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