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“There is a vast asymmetry in the dynamic here that Billy can’t quite put his finger on, even though it’s the elephant shitting all over the room.”
― Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
― Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
“I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary. I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.”
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“ I used myself, let nothing use me.
Like being on a private dole,
sometimes more like cutting bricks in Egypt.
What life there was, was mine,
now and again to lay
one hand on a warm brick
and touch the sun's ghost
with economical joy.”
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Like being on a private dole,
sometimes more like cutting bricks in Egypt.
What life there was, was mine,
now and again to lay
one hand on a warm brick
and touch the sun's ghost
with economical joy.”
―
“You don’t sound like a scientist, you sound like a poet.”
Rey smiled, “Can I be both?”
But you’d rather be a poet.”
Who wouldn’t?” he said.”
―
Rey smiled, “Can I be both?”
But you’d rather be a poet.”
Who wouldn’t?” he said.”
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“All colors made me happy: even gray.
My eyes were such that literally they
Took photographs. ”
― Pale Fire
My eyes were such that literally they
Took photographs. ”
― Pale Fire
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