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“Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace.”
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“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”
― Reuben, Reuben
― Reuben, Reuben
“Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
“Only great challenges make it worthwhile to pack up and move all one's books.”
― Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles, and Speeches, 1998-2003
― Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles, and Speeches, 1998-2003
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