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"I'm six books behind schedule of my goal of reading 55 books this year, because I keep starting new ones...and losing old ones (where oh where did Decadent Poetics go?!)" — Sep 04, 2014 12:33PM
"I'm six books behind schedule of my goal of reading 55 books this year, because I keep starting new ones...and losing old ones (where oh where did Decadent Poetics go?!)" — Sep 04, 2014 12:33PM
“To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.”
― The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
― The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
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