“It’s hard to say something about Pushkin to a person who doesn’t know anything about him. Pushkin is a great poet. Napoleon is not as great as Pushkin. Bismarck compared to Pushkin is a nobody. And the Alexanders, First, Second and Third, are just little kids compared to Pushkin. In fact, compared to Pushkin, all people are little kids, except Gogol. Compared to him, Pushkin is a little kid.
And so, instead of writing about Pushkin, I would rather write about Gogol.
Although, Gogol is so great that not a thing can be written about him, so I'll write about Pushkin after all.
Yet, after Gogol, it’s a shame to have to write about Pushkin. But you can’t write anything about Gogol. So I’d rather not write anything about anyone.”
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
And so, instead of writing about Pushkin, I would rather write about Gogol.
Although, Gogol is so great that not a thing can be written about him, so I'll write about Pushkin after all.
Yet, after Gogol, it’s a shame to have to write about Pushkin. But you can’t write anything about Gogol. So I’d rather not write anything about anyone.”
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
“وإذا غنّيتم حتّى كالملائكة، وكنتم لا تحبّون ما تغنّون، فإنّكم بغنائكم تصمّون آذان الناس دون أَصوات النهار، ودون أَصوات الليل.”
― النبي
― النبي
“Look in the mirror. See that bad ass bitch? That's the only person you should ever worry about.”
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“Is language the adequate expression of all realities?”
― On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
― On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
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