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""In effect, I hated and feared the world. And this meant, not only that I thus gave the world an altogether murderous power over me, but also that in such a self-destroying limbo I could never hope to write."" — Dec 15, 2025 12:09PM
""In effect, I hated and feared the world. And this meant, not only that I thus gave the world an altogether murderous power over me, but also that in such a self-destroying limbo I could never hope to write."" — Dec 15, 2025 12:09PM
“Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.”
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
― Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
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“You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?”
― Glass, Irony and God
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?”
― Glass, Irony and God
“Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies.”
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
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