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“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
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“Death has come in the pantry door: stands watching them, iron and patient, with a look that says try to tickle me. •”
― Gravity's Rainbow
― Gravity's Rainbow
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
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“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. For while in all other kinds of art it is possible to distinguish the matter from the form, and the understanding can always make this distinction, yet it is the constant effort of art to obliterate it.”
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“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
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