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"At least my second attempt, still dense and bewildering." — Jul 23, 2024 07:47AM
"At least my second attempt, still dense and bewildering." — Jul 23, 2024 07:47AM
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"Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses." — Jun 26, 2024 11:33AM
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"I’m able to submerge myself despite the horrific content." — Jun 23, 2024 10:17AM
"I’m able to submerge myself despite the horrific content." — Jun 23, 2024 10:17AM
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
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“By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.”
―
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.”
―
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“What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives 'beautifully'--not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been a prerequisite), but in the droll fortitude of their perseverance. They got the work done, with style.”
― Experience: A Memoir
― Experience: A Memoir
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“There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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“I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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