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Emma Davey said:
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I think this is a DNF for me, feels like the literary equivalent of the opening scene in "Magnolia" (1999) where you're supposed to be dazzled that everything is connected except it works in "Magnolia" and here it's like watching paint dry. Is the bi
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"I was gonna wait until I was done to write a review but it's a 733 page collection so who knows when that'll be. I feel like reading Lydia Davis is a bit like looking at an abstract painting. You could find deeper meaning if you wanted, or maybe you just like the color scheme. Not much happens, or everything happens. How you choose to follow the trail of breadcrumbs she's leaving you is up to you!" — Feb 10, 2022 08:17PM
"I was gonna wait until I was done to write a review but it's a 733 page collection so who knows when that'll be. I feel like reading Lydia Davis is a bit like looking at an abstract painting. You could find deeper meaning if you wanted, or maybe you just like the color scheme. Not much happens, or everything happens. How you choose to follow the trail of breadcrumbs she's leaving you is up to you!" — Feb 10, 2022 08:17PM
“- Why me?
- That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?
- Yes.
- Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
- That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?
- Yes.
- Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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