“I will say it one last time: Demonation! The feeling of it! There are no words -how can there be?- to describe what it feels like to become words, to feel your life encoded, and laid out in black ink on white paper. All my love and hatred, melted into words. It was like the End of the World.”
― Mister B. Gone
― Mister B. Gone
“The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.”
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“Is there any good news?' Tesla said.
Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?”
― The Great and Secret Show
Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?”
― The Great and Secret Show
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