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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
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“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don’t care what you’ll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
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“Nature is to zoos as God is to churches.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the biggest, deepest voice because it suggests a more powerful frog, one with superior genes. Small male frogs—it's been documented—discover if they position themselves in empty drainpipes, the pipe acts as a voice amplifier and the small frog appears much larger than it really is."
So?"
So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.”
― Oryx and Crake
So?"
So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.”
― Oryx and Crake
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