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“La novela es ese gran combate que libra el escritor consigo mismo porque hay en ella todo un mundo, todo un universo en que se debaten juegos capitales del destino humano,”
― Clases de Literatura: Berkeley, 1980
― Clases de Literatura: Berkeley, 1980
“like your mouth has the gift of reading and i’m your favorite book. find your favorite page in the soft spot between my legs and read it carefully. fluently. vividly. don’t you dare leave a single word untouched. and i swear my ending will be so good. the last few words will come. running to your mouth. and when you’re done. take a seat. cause it’s my turn to make music with my knees pressed to the ground.”
― Milk and Honey
― Milk and Honey
“There are things one reads that make you aware that you have lived nothing, felt nothing, experienced nothing up to that time. How can i begin to feel - to feel? I want to fall in love in such a way that the mere sight of a man, even a block away from me, will shake and pierce me.”
― Delta of Venus
― Delta of Venus
“The voice of the Socratic dream vision is the only sign of any misgivings about the limits of logic: Perhaps – thus he might have asked himself – what is not intelligible to me is not necessarily unintelligent? Perhaps there is a realm of wisdom from which the logician is exiled? Perhaps art is even a necessary correlative of, and supplement for science?”
― The Birth of Tragedy
― The Birth of Tragedy
“There's a critical insight in all this for those of us who want to learn to be more influential. The best persuaders become the best through pre-suasion - the process of arranging for recipients to be receptive to a message before they encounter it. To persuade optimally, then, it's necessary to pre-suade optimally. But how?
In part, the answer involves an essential but poorly appreciated tenet of all communication: what we present first changes the way people experience what we present to them next.”
― Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
In part, the answer involves an essential but poorly appreciated tenet of all communication: what we present first changes the way people experience what we present to them next.”
― Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Olga’s 2025 Year in Books
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