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Gorey, who straddled Taoism and Dadaism, irony and existentialist angst, made a career of defying dualisms, in the course of which he produced works that managed to be both marvelous and pointless, serious and frivolous.
The essence of Gorey
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.”
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“My favorite journey is looking out the window.”
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“A library after closing is a lonely place. It is heart-poundingly silent, and the rows of shelves create an almost unfathomable number of dark and creepy corners.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
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Do you love mysteries written in the "English" style? Why not come and join us? We are an established group of mystery readers, which has just re-laun ...more
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A general sort of group for anyone at all who happens to live or has previously lived in the state of Hawaii.
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