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“Charles Baudelaire’s refusal was the most profound form of refusal, for it was in no way the assertion of an opposite principle. It only expressed that which was indefensible and impossible in the poet’s obstructed state of mind.”
― Literature and Evil
― Literature and Evil
“are moments, like this, that change everything. What had seemed solid and unchanging crumbles in an instant and nothing will ever grow there again as it had before. She once more closed her mouth, her eyes, her nose, and swore she’d get out, get out without betraying herself, and above all without being cured. She felt, rather than”
― Bye Bye Blondie
― Bye Bye Blondie
“Sie liebt Europa. Den Reichtum des alten Kontinents, den Überfluss sogar bei den unteren Schichten, die Sorglosigkeit dieser Völker, die die Erniedrigung der der Armut und die Diktaturen vergessen haben, die überzeugt sind, in Sicherheit zu sein, weil sie die Verdienstvollsten, die Fleißigsten, die Intelligentesten sind. Sie liebt es, dass überall geheizt wird, sogar die Postgebäude sind sauber, jeder möchte als Franzose geboren sein. Die Franzosen sind die Einzigen, die das nicht merken. Aber vielleicht wird sich das, was wie so vieles ewig schien, irgendwann auch ändern.”
― Vernon Subutex 1
― Vernon Subutex 1
“I can't deny that I desired her in that moment. Anyone would have.”
― Give Me Your Hand
― Give Me Your Hand
“It makes tomorrow alright.”
― Requiem for a Dream
― Requiem for a Dream
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