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Nicolás Gómez Dávila
“In order not to think of the world which science describes, man gets drunk on technology.”
Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Don Colacho's Aphorisms

“As I listened more closely to the joy of her fado, it was apparent, however, that I might have been wrong about Gabriella: her joy seemed a joy made of something deeper, as though love’s raw ingredients, not just the sweet but the star-crossed and bitter, had all blended together and been cooked until tender, until even the final emptiness was a part of the meal.”
Jim Gauer, Novel Explosives

“In shame, I can say quite honestly: If it is really my destiny to be with others in the world, I ought to be a light shining for those others. But I am not. I ought to give myself, just as I am, just as I have become, to them in love. But I do not. In the very act of giving myself, I hold myself back.”
Ladislaus Boros, Prayer

“So. What Real Venture Capitalists, entrepreneurs, and lunatics have in common, aside from the fact that they all require medication, is the radical intent, or at least meta-intention, to commit themselves totally to an absolute fiction, and attempt, over time, to make this fiction factual, through what I personally like to think of as 'the poet’s incursions on reality'.”
Jim Gauer, Novel Explosives

Nicolás Gómez Dávila
“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships.
Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”
Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección

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