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“Holy things and holy places, out of mind under the cauterizing brilliance of the summer son, reared up now as the winter sun struck from the south, casting shadows coldly upon the avenues where the people followed and went in, wearing winter hearts on their sleeves for the plucking.”
― The Recognitions
― The Recognitions
“In this world, God must serve the Devil.”
― The Recognitions
― The Recognitions
“-I'm reviewing it, the stooped man said, and started to plod off.
-You read it?
-No, he said over his shoulder, -but I know the son of a bitch who wrote it.”
― The Recognitions
-You read it?
-No, he said over his shoulder, -but I know the son of a bitch who wrote it.”
― The Recognitions
“—I really prefer books. No matter how bad a book is, it's unique, but people are all so ordinary.
—I think we really like books that make us hate ourselves.”
― The Recognitions
—I think we really like books that make us hate ourselves.”
― The Recognitions
“Death is a sophisticated afternoon in Santa Fe, with nobody saying what they are thinking.”
― Screams From the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970
― Screams From the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970
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