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“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat’s Cradle
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat’s Cradle
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
“Niemand, dus sprak hij, mocht zich ‘n oordeel over hem aanmatigen, omdat niemand ‘t flauwste begrip kòn hebben van de heftige geschoktheid zijner ziel. Hij plaatste zich op ‘n zeer hautain standpunt en kraamde velerlei wijsheden uit.”
― De duistere macht
― De duistere macht
“There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.”
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Joris’s 2025 Year in Books
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