“I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.”
― Big Sur
― Big Sur
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
Vivek’s 2025 Year in Books
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